GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[F.U.]

I had a gun conversation last night. It began with me saying "were you aware that guns don't have to be registered". He looked at me like I had snakes coming out of my head.

If guns change hands legally then there is a record of it. I do understand now that to register them would be redundant given all the necessary info has already been obtained BUT guns changing hands often isn't done legally particularly when they are sold to friends, family, etc. Money is exchanged and that's about it.

The only reason a federal registry comes up so often in gun control discussions and debates is because some gun enthusiasts claim that any proposed legislation to better regulate guns in this country is a "slippery slop" that puts the government one step closer to achieving its secret goal of establishing a federal gun registry for the purpose of disarming them. Fear.

Just spent the day with my little brother yesterday.

He's super paranoid too. He's a gun enthusiast with a carry/conceal permit.

We talked at length about a variety of topics yesterday, and everything came back to: "the government is trying to take our individual freedoms, little by little, but make no mistake, they ARE trying to do it."

It really is remarkable how these people feel like this.

Bottom line: rational thinkers like us are either incredibly naive, or gun enthusiasts are super paranoid.

Not super paranoid at all MS. It is a fact that they are trying to chip away at our gun rights. They have already restricted fully auto, silencers, SBS and SBR's. They have voiced that they want to restrict our AR-15's and AK-47's and many other rifles like these. They want to restrict us by monitoring our purchases and wish they could set up a registration. They have already discussed developing serialized ammo and requiring us to sign on the dotted line when we purchase it. It is all being done at a slow pace and we gun owners have to fight it every step of the way.
Have you heard the story about how to catch a wild hog, well its the same thing. One slow step at a time.