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In reply to the discussion: Why registration? What is gained by having a list of guns and owners? [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,577 posts)26. By the same token...
...you know which politicians need unelected based on their voting record on such propositions.
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Why registration? What is gained by having a list of guns and owners? [View all]
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
OP
In manyt cases the police haved a bigger avantage since wwhen you register a gun, the serial #
napi21
Dec 2016
#76
It's up to the owner to notify the police if their weapon is stolen. If the owner didn't bother to
napi21
Dec 2016
#77
The vehicle v firearm registration analogy is weak for a number of reasons
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#18
Why registration? when trump gets ready to take your guns he will have a list.
stonecutter357
Dec 2016
#2
I would say there are four 'arguments in favor of' or 'reasons for' registration:
petronius
Dec 2016
#20
I agree with you on 3 and 4 (and those are the reasons that a pro-registration person
petronius
Dec 2016
#40
re: "There are reasons for becoming prohibited that in no way support probable cause for a search"
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#45
"...they are the key to maintaining a power they forged on the backs of the enslaved."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#48
I'd prefer ID for all bullet sales, with the bullet projectiles laser-etched.
Buckeye_Democrat
Dec 2016
#39
I think most shooting deaths are crimes of passion, or not well planned.
Buckeye_Democrat
Dec 2016
#51
I'm not arguing that the determined and skilled won't find ways around anything
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#58
This thread is an example of a reasoned, respectul discussion. Congrats all!
Eleanors38
Dec 2016
#74