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In article <DJoB12.2HJ@freenet.carleton.ca> Colin R. Leech 
(ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:

> Barry Glasgow (glasgow@bnr.ca) writes:
> > I would suggest that people who really want something done about  
> > gun crime tell Mr. Rock to stuff his phony registration system

> We register cars, we register babies, hell: many cities even register
> cats. Surely it's not too much to ask that lethal weapons be registered?
> Sheesh.

We register cars so that those who use the roads can pay for some of the
beaurocracy that keeps roads available to us.

We register babies so the government can keep an eye on us for tax purposes
(which may be an infringement on its own).

We register our animals because they are animate objects for which someone
should be responsible.

In the history of the human race, registration has only been carried out for
firearms, as a prelude to confiscation of legally acquired and responsibly
used private property, and as a prelude to even more drastic restriction of
freedoms and rights.

The consequences of registering cars, babies, and cats kind of pales by
comparison.

Registering firearms for the reason that we register other things is among
the weakest arguments going, not that there are any strong ones.

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