What if instead of a gun-owner-registry, there were a national gun-registry?

[gejohnston]

79. I don't know anything about Lanza

outside of what I read in the police report I downloaded. How much is real and how much was media speculation, I have no idea. All I know is that the cops said he was six feet tall and weighted 112 pounds and shot himself, according to the report the CT State Police put out. Even that could be a misprint on their part. No, I'm not a member of the Alex Jones and James Tracy fan club. It is just that the media is lazy and often stupid. Maybe he learned the combo without her knowing it. Maybe she was too lazy to buy a safe or locking cabinet. Or, maybe she had the standard "not my special snowflake" blindness.

You have a right to do whatever you think is right within your home. I would also err on the side of caution. Of course, the only loaded gun is the one on me if at all. As a kid, we never kept our guns loaded in the house. Both of my cop brothers unloaded their revolvers as soon as they got home. My brother and I continue that custom in our homes.
The same was probably true of all of the guns at my friends' houses to. The only person I know of who didn't was my grandfather. He was a very devout Methodist who didn't carry his gun loaded even while on patrol.

I would also hide the knives and ropes. However, I support everyone's fifth amendment right to due process. Of course, you are not denying her any of those rights within your home. Only the government can do that. Since guns used in slightly over half of all suicides, I hope you secure other means as well.