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

[rrneck]

162. It's funny

how complacency follows ideology. I don't know if this applies to you, it just got me thinking.

The complaint "so I guess we'll just do nothing then!" pops up with fair regularity. Somebody wants something legislated, and somebody else tells them how hard it is to get that done, which prompts great wailing and gnashing of teeth.

So there is a tragedy involving guns and lots of people want to enact all kinds of legislation. Other people tell them how difficult or impossible that is going to be. Wail and gnash. On the other hand, some people want to know where the guns are, and those who don't want that information to get out wail and gnash. And round and round we go.

I think what goes on inside someone's home ought to be their business as long as it's legal. I don't think it's right for news outlets to make public the contents of people's homes or activities related to those contents. Publishing what people have in their own homes is a violation of their privacy, even if it is legal. Here is where I argue principle while others may argue the letter of the law. I say it ought to be illegal.

Those who desire the registration of firearms would do well to consider how much damage is done to their cause by whoever made public this information. Pointing out the permeability of the boundaries of one's home against public intrusion is a conservative dog whistle and will surely energize our political opponents. Supporting any legislation to increase that permeability will only divide us and unite those on the other side of the aisle.