Why registration? What is gained by having a list of guns and owners?

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18. The vehicle v firearm registration analogy is weak for a number of reasons

The crime solving aspect of vehicle registration depends on more than just registration. Without the requirement for a state issued highly visible placard, having a vehicle registered would be much less useful. Therefore to have a better analogy, there would need to be a law that you attach a 6 x 12 metal plate to your Glock 29.

I'm sure the following statement will be universally unpopular but I'm not a big fan of license plates. When police observe a car violating a traffic ordinance, a license plate does not assist in apprehending the driver. But hey, drive on a public road maintained with public funding, obey the rules of the public.

It has been reported several times in group that various instances of jurisdictions with registration requirements report that such registration contributes little to nothing in solving crimes. Canada comes to mind.

In general I have an issue with laws which burden the individual with a cost and compromise of privacy for the suggestion of making police work easier. Recent court cases and public denouncement of law enforcement using things like stingrays and metadata come to mind.

Also, the registration of vehicles includes a fee (aka a highly regressive repetitive tax). I might be okay with a fee that was scaled from $0 for a single mom making $30,000/year to maybe a fee of $60,000/year for Tim Cook who has an income over 12,000 times higher.