Religion and political party of gun owner?

[gejohnston]

It's opposed by both major parties I don't see it passing.

The cabinet wants to register the race or ethnicity, religious and political preferences of everyone who wants a licence to own a gun, or to extend a licence, the Volkskrant said on Thursday. However, the draft legislation to implement this has run into criticism from both privacy groups and a large part of parliament, the paper said. The paper says the requirements are included in amendments to the current law on guns and ammunition and follows the introduction of new European legislation. The privacy-sensitive information would be held for up to 30 years. In order to register gun ownership, ‘the police will be able to process personal information including race or ethnicity, political beliefs, religious or other life-style convictions as well as health and criminal records,’ the draft legislation states.

Read more at DutchNews.nl:

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/09/gun-licence-first-tell-officials-your-race-religion-and-political-preference/

[pangaia]

1. Soon we will have to give political preference and race for everything.

[sanatanadharma]

2. This is in Holland folks

They are not bound by the narrow-minded thinking of USA gun worshippers.

[gejohnston]

3. Not the point,

do you agree with both major parties and religion and politics is irrelevant to owning a gun? Race is like hair and eye color and is on my carry permit and DL. It is none of the police's business what my political views or my religion, if any, happens to be.

[friendly_iconoclast]

4. Your interlocutor seems to be studiously avoiding any reply...

[AbatementYoginite]

5. Switzerland has laxer gun laws than California, New York, NJ, MA, CT, MD, and HI

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And it has the lowest homicide rate in Europe and one of the lowest in the world.