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

[Uponthegears]

38. Wow, this is astoundingly misleading.

No doubt because you really have no grounds whatsoever for opposing a requirement that all information gathered by an FFL at the time of sale be kept in a centralized database. But, wth, I'll play.

First, let's talk about the group of people who benefit from straw purchasers and unlicensed gun dealers (1) Felons (well, that's only TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE, but, hey, what 20 million people with a new gun compared to the danger that jack-booted thugs will leave you incapable of watering the tree of liberty); (2) those previously adjudged mentally ill; (3) non-resident aliens; (4) those subject to a protective order for domestic violence; (5) those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence; (6) drug addicts; (persons fleeing justice regardless of whether they have a prior conviction; (7) persons under indictment, even if they haven't been convicted . . . Oh DANG, it looks like 10's of millions of people benefit from straw purchasers and unlicensed gun dealers. Reading your post, it really sounded like unlicensed dealers and straw purchasers weren't people we need to know about and arrest BEFORE THEY SELL because there just weren't that many people who need to buy from them.

Second, let's talk about tracking the demographic trends among "self-protection" gun purchasers as a manner of detecting patterns of increasing racism and/or other socially-destructive belief systems. Here's some facts for you. Setting aside the militia-minded ( he "But I need my gun to protect my liberty from Obama" types), the vast majority of new gun purchases from FFLs (the kinds of purchases which would be accumulated in a national database) are by white suburbanites. White suburbanites, however, face a statistical risk of becoming the victim of violence (at the hands of anyone other than the family member who purchased his/her firearm on the same jaunt to the gun shop when the victim purchased theirs) that is actually less than the increased risk of serious bodily injury or death from the discharge of that weapon due to accident/mistake, suicide, and/or the actions of the family member the victim helped arm. So, if they are not in any REAL danger, why are they buying a gun? Hmmmmmmmmm Could it be that they have bought into the dangerous and racist meme that there are hordes of people who do not look/think/pray like them that are just waiting to harm them?

Let's hear your better explanation.

Since these white folks aren't in real danger, why are they scarfing up guns like candy? Be sure and have your roll on the floor smilie ready for that one.

One more thing . . . our criminal justice system is racist by design and effect as are harsh sentencing laws.