07-05-2015, 12:23 PM
(07-05-2015, 11:53 AM)Duchess Wrote: I'm trying to make sense of this but it's beyond my capabilities.You're not alone.
Polls indicate the 66% of US citizens support a federal gun registry, for obvious reasons. Polls also indicate that 70% of US citizens mistakenly believe that one already exists. http://smartgunlaws.org/registration-of-...y-summary/
Hawaii and the District of Columbia are the only two areas of the U.S. which require the registration of all firearms. The other states that F.U. posted have partial registration requirements.
IMO, it makes sense when you acknowledge that the NRA is the most powerful special interest group in the country. It incites fear in its members and other gun enthusiasts that the government is gonna come take their guns away whenever any reasonable gun safety/control legislation is suggested (thus some of them buy more guns and stock pile them).
It doesn't matter if the large majority of the population supports the legislation because the NRA owns a lot of politicians financially; mostly conservative Republicans. The NRA has a fuckload of money and a mission; it's very good at achieving its goals.
Registration could be free of charge and the NRA and extreme gun enthusiasts would still oppose it. They don't oppose it because of money. They oppose it because of fear of the government.