Posted by Phil Lee (149.32.89.229) on October 19, 2000 at 11:56:
You might wonder why American gun owners protest so loudly when the gun control lobby offers one more "reasonable gun control measures" to problems that they associate with guns.
Gun owner see such measures as a step to preventing them from defending their families. They are aware that Sarah Brady, chair of the nation's largest anti-gun group -- Handgun Control, Inc. -- years ago discussed her plans for the future with the New York Times. She said in her Aug. 15, 1993, interview that her ultimate goal is a "needs-based licensing" system, with all guns and all gun transfers registered. In the Brady world, an honest citizen who wanted to own a gun would have to prove to his or her local police the "need" for that gun.
Experience with such "reasonable controls" in New York City and with Maryland's conceal carry permit process shows the true goal of such registration approaches is the elimination of guns in the hands of the law abiding citizens.
Only criminals will be left with guns -- won't that be progress?