NOTE TO VISITORS FROM "THE HIGH ROAD": Despite what you have been led to believe, this post has nothing to do with Ron Paul--it is a response to an anti-gun editorial linked to in the title and written by columnist Ron DZWONKOWSKI. Since the thread appears to be closed, I trust the record on THR will be corrected?
But perhaps you're right. Maybe if we can stop just one gun criminal, it will be worth it. Does that make sense?
It makes sense to me that police should have access to a national database of gun owners. If I'm rolling up to a house where there's a reported burglary in progress or some kind of assault going on, I'd want to know if guns are registered for the premises. Wouldn't that advance warning protect gun owners, too, from police reacting badly to the presence of a firearm? Seems as if it'd be safer for both.Yeah, Ron, trust the guys who can't even get their search warrant addresses right. That's some real "safety first" you're giving us there, guaranteed to get more innocent people raided and killed. As we all know, nothing calms a cop down more than a report of a gun. And we need registration to better protect ourselves from dangerous gun criminals who don't register their guns--and as a point of law can't be required to. That's some logic there, Ron.
But perhaps you're right. Maybe if we can stop just one gun criminal, it will be worth it. Does that make sense?