02-23-2021, 08:15 AM
(02-22-2021, 10:04 PM)fredtoast Wrote: They would let militia member keep theirs.
A militia is typically an ad-hoc organization made up of the citizenry.
Also, Heller established the individual right to own firearms, and we aren't going to see that precedent overturned any time in the near future.
(02-22-2021, 09:45 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Why would all these people be against it?
And it doesn't matter how many are out there if owning one without registration is illegal. Most gunowners would not chose to becoem criminals by refusing to register their guns.
Because it is seen as a slippery slope. There is a large proportion of firearm owners, Fudds included, that see civilian ownership of firearms as a protective barrier against a tyrannical government. The government knowing who has what firearms is a threat to that barrier. They don't trust the government with that information, and I don't disagree with them on that point. An armed populous is a bulwark, and it's something that both the right and left agree on (I'm talking actual leftists, not the centrists that are the Democratic party).
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
