Conductor
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Not many of you guys were around when the 1968 Gun Control Act was passed. It included an amnesty period when owners of machineguns, short-barreled shotguns, destructive devices, etc. could take them down to the IRS office and register them. There was no registration fee, but future transfers, of course, were regulated and taxed. The object was not to confiscate the guns, but was to register them so that the government knew where they were and who had them.
I know that there is currently a lot of suspicion that the government will impose a $200 registration fee on semi-autos if the democrat proposals become law. But I don't think they will do that. Just like the situation in 1968, the dems want to know where the guns are and who has them, so that some time in the future they can come and get them. They are smart enough to know that the $200 tax will dissuade gun owners from registering their guns. But if registration is free, then more of us are likely to go ahead and sign on the dotted line.
We just have to realize that free registration is just as dangerous as registration that costs $200 per gun.
As for magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, I don't think that there will be any registration of those. They'll just be outlawed, and if you get caught with one, they'll cut your dick off or something like that. But there are too many of them to register.
I know that there is currently a lot of suspicion that the government will impose a $200 registration fee on semi-autos if the democrat proposals become law. But I don't think they will do that. Just like the situation in 1968, the dems want to know where the guns are and who has them, so that some time in the future they can come and get them. They are smart enough to know that the $200 tax will dissuade gun owners from registering their guns. But if registration is free, then more of us are likely to go ahead and sign on the dotted line.
We just have to realize that free registration is just as dangerous as registration that costs $200 per gun.
As for magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, I don't think that there will be any registration of those. They'll just be outlawed, and if you get caught with one, they'll cut your dick off or something like that. But there are too many of them to register.