GUNS/BARMS

[Matey]

BTW there is only ONE reason for...

..the 'reasonable' registration of firearms in America.

As a result of Haynes v. US, 390 U.S. 85 (1968, the heart of the liberal Warren SC), a criminal cannot be convicted for failure to register a firearm because to do so would represent a violation of the criminal's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

To quote the decision...

"...A proper claim of the privilege against self-incrimination provides a full defense to prosecutions either for failure to register under sec. 5841 or for possession of an unregistered firearm under sec. 5851..."

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/wbardwel/public/nfalist/haynes_v_us.txt

So the inescapable reason for forcing law abiding citizens to register their forearms is NOT to reduce crime, criminals are exempt and cannot even face the same penalty as a law abider who didn't register his gun. No, the reason has been played out in country after country and that is for future confiscation.

Gun control is not nor has it ever been about reducing crime and saving lives. It's about CONTROL.