No, I'm not going to register my guns.

[JohnnyRingo]

74. I agree the published list needlessly violates privacy.

And I believe it was done because the editor has a blatant prejudice against gun owners in general, as do so many here.

It's a real stretch that the newspaper is motivated by public safety like when we warn neighbors about pedophiles. Publishing the list assumes the gun owners are potential or actual criminals, and that's a very good example of outright prejudice against a particular group. What the editor is doing with this list, is irresponsibly inspiring the possibility of hate crime (and theft). The editor could just as well be "pro-life", and publish a list of women who obtained an abortion because he believes that's murder, even though the law says otherwise.

What if the newspaper's editor was prejudiced against homosexuality? Certainly more than enough people are. Would there be any support here if he published a list of known gay people's name and addresses? He could use the same bogus rationale, that gays spread a deadly disease and are more likely to commit sex crimes, including pedophilia.

I absolutely don't believe that BTW, but I also don't believe a significant number of people on his list are potential criminals ready to slam in an extended magazine and go on a shooting spree. Publishing this list, as well as supporting it, is based solely on a preconceived notion that a certain group of people are fundamentally evil, despite the fact they've broken no laws and present no real danger to the public.

It's none of our business who legally owns a gun, and that's the bottom line.