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Mr. Luddite

On 11/3/2014 7:19 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:36:45 -0500, KC wrote:

Nowhere that I know of in
the constitution does it say the govt can't keep track of guns, just
that you can have 'em.... Just my .02

I know of anywhere in the constitution that defines the right to
privacy but we all assume it is there.
The real problem?
If the government is going to all the trouble of keeping track of
something, it is just a matter of time before they start taxing it and
then they become addicted to the tax. Minorities always get taxed the
most. You only have to look at smokers to see that. If you can believe
the left, we are in the minority and an unpopular one at that.

The well worn, "Slippery Slope" again. :-)

The first major federal legislation governing firearms and firearms
registration was the National Firearms Act ... enacted in 1934.

It was basically enacted to ban certain types of guns ... like machine
guns, sawed off shotguns, silencers and certain other firearms typically
used in crimes of that era.

Since then there have been several significant changes to federal gun
laws, most of them *removing* restrictions from the original 1934 law.

If you believe in the "slippery slope" it is running in the wrong
direction.