>>>>>You are afraid your gov will come take them away...
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>>>>I cannot imagine where someone would come up with such an outlandish belief.
>>>>http://hauppauge.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/dads-pistol-license-pulled-after-son-makes-water-gun-59c186f82b
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>>>Ok so the cops did the wrong (and probably illegal) thing. So you should have a problem with the cops who broke the law - not a law that doesn't exist.
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>>The cops have as yet admitted to zero wrongdoing. Mr. Meyer is out $6500 (so far), his permit is pulled, his long arms are up for sale and his handguns have been confiscated. He is looking into a civil rights action which will take time, money and an emotional toll.
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>So again - the problem is with the cops, not the database.

You mean the problem is with the person using the tool not the tool???



>>This is the real-world, where databases and registration play out.
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>Anytime the authorities have access to a database then there is a chance for abuse. I remember recently reading about a bunch of FL cops that kept looking up the info on a good-looking female co-worker - they all eventually got in trouble for doing that.
>None-the-less I don't consider this a good enough reason to simply not have the database. I do find it a good enough reason to insure the access to the database is regulated properly though.