A Personal Saga of Gun Registration and Generational Confiscation

[Norton]

Thanks for a heads up from a member here, this has been a gripping reminder of why we must fight on here in Maryland, lest our children and grand children be caught up in the web of registration and confiscation like the people of California.

http://www.akfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142038

Never believe them when they tell you that they aren't coming to arrest you for being a gun owner or that they don't want to take your guns away.

Once they know where they are and who has them all, they will do whatever they can to make a criminal out of you.

 

[Rack&Roll]

No wonder you are up at 2am Norton...reading this I can't sleep either...

 

[pbharvey]

The reason I went to Annapolis four times was for my kids, not me. I don't want them losing their freedom.

 

[tomgreco]

This is EXACTLY their plan. They know they must take small steps to get there.

 

[Hopalong]

The reason I went to Annapolis four times was for my kids, not me. I don't want them losing their freedom.

Ditto. Bans with grandfathering are designed to seem more palatable to us because "they're not coming for our guns", but what about our kids?

Think of the children.

 

[hogrider]

JPFO.

What is generally assumed to enable effective gun confiscation? Registration. Only by knowing who has what and where, can confiscation be successful. The classic method to gain approval for registration of course is to trumpet loudly that it is the only way to ensure that guns do not fall into the wrong hands, and to safeguard against mass shootings etc.

David Kopel writes on this subject "Gun registration -- what Obama, Biden and Bloomberg euphemistically call "a national database" -- is also a perfect tool for the later confiscation of guns." He explores various aspects, including some of the history behind registration successes and ensuing confiscations. The fact that gun registration does not work for its touted purpose is obvious to those with half a brain, but the fact remains that its true, if hidden purpose, is the facilitation of confiscation.

Read this detailed article here.

http://jpfo.org/articles-assd03/kopel-catastrophic-consequences.htm

 

[Sundazes]

Coming to a Maryland mailbox near you soon.

 

[montoya32]

There are multiple drawbacks from the proposed registration and bans they want to enact. If they ban certain types of weapons, I assume they will ban part, or else you could manufacture one. This will lead to people keeping unsafe weapons, "rigging" weapons and shooting guns that may be unsafe for all involved. They just can't see anything past their own noses.

 

[Joe Blow]

Extra scary. So what happens if I have to register and the registrar didn't have his contacts in that day.

 

[fightinbluhen51]

Coming to a Maryland mailbox near you soon.

Which...if SB281/HB294 passes...how do we set up trusts to prevent this shit from happening to us and our kids/family members?

 

[rbird7282]

Which...if SB281/HB294 passes...how do we set up trusts to prevent this shit from happening to us and our kids/family members?

You don't. Won't help AFAIK.