How did no one monitor the purchases?

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146. None of which I recommended.

Nor do I think gun registration is a "panacea" as at least one pro-gunner has said.

Do police do "state surveillance" on car registration? Random searches of homes to check on mandated smoke detectors? And unequal application of the laws--well, it's true, people of color are more likely to be harassed, but that's true all across the board. People of color are more likely to be cited for traffic violations. Hell, in LA there was a study found that blacks and Hispanics were more likely to be cited for jaywalking.

So, do laws against traffic violations and jaywalking, laws requiring smoke detectors in all homes sold or rented, all leave us open to "random searches" and "police state surveillance?" Are they too a part of that slippery slope to a "Stasi style police state" as one gun advocate posted here?

As for respect from liberals, EVERY liberal I know supports stricter gun control legislation. It's the Second Amendment purists who seem to get the least respect from the liberals I know.