Reply #28: I've said it many times: as a start, register every gun; license every gun owner.

[baldguy]

Registration allows guns which are used in crimes to be tracked to help law enforcement to learn where they came from, and to target that source. The only reason to oppose such a measure is to allow the trade in illegal guns to continue, and to allow people to be killed by them.

The universal licensing of gun owners, with comprehensive background checks, would ensure that people like Jared Loughner would have a more difficult time obtaining guns legally. A minor inconvenience for lawful gun owners would be totally devastating to people with unlawful or violent intentions.

The RW wants to destroy this country, and uses lies & demagoguery to instill fear in the public to do it. Pushing for unrestricted gun ownership and lobbying against rational gun laws only helps them toward that goal.