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

I'm saying that the person using the tool shouldn't of been using the tool to begin with.

>>>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.