M14 Shooter
The Light of Truth
I accept your concession of the point.Like voting?Registration and licensing are different sides of the same coin -- in both cases, you have to tell the state when and how you will exercise a right before the state will grant its permission to do so.Fraudulant gun ownership would be exposed just as quickly. If guns were registered as well the chain of custody would be immediately known and would lead directly to the point of origin for a theft or illegal sale.
Clearly, this infringes upon the right to arms every bit as much as it infringes on any other right.