Any benefit to registering?
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AGCLVP
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- Jan 27, 2009
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No benefit to you.
Does benefit the state as they now know you possess the firearm(s). Makes confiscation easier.
Does benefit the state as they now know you possess the firearm(s). Makes confiscation easier.
Mooseman
R.I.P.- Hooligan #4
I can think of nothing beneficial to you.
None.
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hogrider
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Bull.
They don't know what I bought as a Va. resident and brought back into Md when I moved back here.
Willing to bet they're not going to go digging for the paper records of arms bought in the late '60s early '70s that were passed on to me also.
Allows for the government in black suits to come to your house, ask for you by name and confiscate what rightly belongs to you and yours.
ObsceneJesster
Ultimate Member
- Jan 31, 2011
- 2,958
Confiscation will never work in America. If you think it will then I don't want you on my team.
Although I do think there might be a benefit of having two safes, perhaps in different places.
One for the known knowns, and the other for the unknown knowns. (all legally acquired)
Hang on guys, there are many benefits to him registering his firearm:
1. It lets the state know you have it. This can be useful if your firearm is ever declared unlawful because they will retrieve the firearm from you so you won't break the law.
2. It lets you stay visible in all of the state databases that are so well secured. This will allow any undesirables looking you up to know you have a gun and they probably shouldn't break into your house.
3. It shows you go above and beyond what is required in the law. This behavior is looked very highly upon.
4. Going back to #1, you will also rest easier at night knowing the laws haven't changed. If the laws did change, you be visited by the Gestapo (or government).
1. It lets the state know you have it. This can be useful if your firearm is ever declared unlawful because they will retrieve the firearm from you so you won't break the law.
2. It lets you stay visible in all of the state databases that are so well secured. This will allow any undesirables looking you up to know you have a gun and they probably shouldn't break into your house.
3. It shows you go above and beyond what is required in the law. This behavior is looked very highly upon.
4. Going back to #1, you will also rest easier at night knowing the laws haven't changed. If the laws did change, you be visited by the Gestapo (or government).
TapRackBang
Cheaper Than Diamonds
People said it would never work in the UK or Australia. Look up "incrementalism". Little bit by little bit, with "reasonable", "common sense" restrictions on ownership that even our own advocates will agree to. Think about PSRFUPA 1994, FOPA 1986, NFA 1934, GCA 1968, and now FSA 2013. Each chips away a little bit at the 2A. All but the last have withstood multiple legal challenges. Our own side agreed to FOPA, which "reasonably" banned registering new automatic weapons, even though legally-acquired machine guns have effectively never been used in crime.
So don't think it can't work in America. It can and will, which is why we must resist the tyrants and domestic enemies at every turn.
Do not register your firearms if there is any legal way to avoid it.
There is absolutely no benefit to the law-abiding citizen.
Bertfish
Throw bread on me
I'm even hesitant about registering a firearm with the manufacturer. Ruger gives you 20% off on their webstore if you register your new Ruger firearm with them. There may be benefits (recall notices, etc) but having my name associated with the serial number anywhere makes me nervous.
Anyone remember the S&W/Clinton Admin debacle in the 90s?
Anyone remember the S&W/Clinton Admin debacle in the 90s?
TapRackBang
Cheaper Than Diamonds
I didn't, so I looked it up. Good lesson to remember: We can be mighty when united!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_&_Wesson#Agreement_of_2000
blindnoodle
Livin' the dream!
- Apr 21, 2009
- 1,416
If you purchased the firearm in MD, you're already on a list as owning that firearm. Even if you didn't check the box to have it "registered". That list has been used before, and will be used again.
Many posts in this forum about uses of that registry.
Many posts in this forum about uses of that registry.
FlatsFlite
Active Member
Bull.
They don't know what I bought as a Va. resident and brought back into Md when I moved back here.
Willing to bet they're not going to go digging for the paper records of arms bought in the late '60s early '70s that were passed on to me also.
If one of those firearms would to be used in the commission of a crime, trust me, someone would be paying you a visit to find out who you sold it to. They have ways ... in my opinion just about every gun in the US is "registered" we just don't think they are because we may not have done any paperwork.
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