Vandalshandle
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That is like saying that we should do away with automobile registrations, because it is unenforceable. If I were to argue the oppositions point of view, I would point out that I, myself, sold a car once, and the buyer never regisitered it under his name, and his parking tickets came to me. The counter argument is that every time he drove that car with an expired tag, he risked getting fined.
Universal gun registration is something that we need.
And BTW, not all criminals get their guns illegally. The guy who killed 8 people, and shot Gabby Giffords, bought his weapon legally.
What do cars and guns have in common, other than the fact that people can buy both? Why mention cars in a dicussion about universal background checks, and then delve into taxation, as some sort of argument in favor of registering guns? Is you bias on this issue so severe that you confuse the issues?
It is not necessary to register a car unless you intend to use it on a public road. In other words, if I own a car that never leaves my property, I don't have to register it. On the other hand, what you are proposing is a requirement that everyone register their guns, no matter what it is they intend to do with it. Yet, for some reason, you have no problem with htis, probably because you are afraid of guns.
By the way, the fact that Jarrod Loughner bought his guns legally, and sill used them to commit a crime, is actually an argument against backgrounds checks, not for them. He actually passed the background checks, so they didn't prevent the attack.
Please do not make assumptions about me. You know absolutely nothing about me. I am on active duty with the Sheriff's Auxcillary Volunteers, and I patrol the streets in a patrol car, wearing a uniform. I am trained in the use of weapons, although I patrol with nothing but a radio, which is, incidently, what Zimmerman should have been doing.
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