This is an interesting subject because I just watched a show on CNN the other day about gun confiscation in CA. The premise is that a special unit of the state cross references legal gun owners with people who have become ineligible to own their firearms. The piece is made to look like a good idea, by getting guns away from those who should not legally have them.
Here is an excerpt from the online promo of the report;
There are about 40,000 illegally owned guns in California. They're owned by people from all walks of life who have been ordered to turn in their firearms for a number of different reasons, but they haven’t come forward. So special agents from California's Justice Department’s Bureau of Firearms are going after them to seize the weapons.
California tracks gun owners who have convictions using a database system that’s unique to the state. It’s helped them confiscate thousands of guns. CNN’s Randi Kaye saw firsthand how law enforcement uses the program to find and seize illegal firearms.
Here is the link with video clips as well;
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/06/tonight-on-ac360-california-goes-after-illegal-guns/
The disturbing aspect of this story is the assumption that the database they use to figure out if a newly prohibited person is a gun owner, means that they must keep a database on all their gun owning citizens. So despite the anti-gun people claiming a national database (under the guise of a background check) system would not lead to confiscation, it is already happening.
Rest assured the 2nd Amendment would be on a slippery slope to eradication if the government ever knows who owns what guns. First they could expand the list of those not being able to own a gun to include people who are only accused of certain crimes, but not convicted. For instance some places say those accused of domestic violence cannot have a gun.
Additionally they might some day ban so called "assault weapons", and demand people turn them in or automatically become criminals. If those people are on a national database, rest assured some task force could be on their way to confiscate and maybe even arrest the owners.
I am concerned, and wonder what others here think?
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Here is an excerpt from the online promo of the report;
There are about 40,000 illegally owned guns in California. They're owned by people from all walks of life who have been ordered to turn in their firearms for a number of different reasons, but they haven’t come forward. So special agents from California's Justice Department’s Bureau of Firearms are going after them to seize the weapons.
California tracks gun owners who have convictions using a database system that’s unique to the state. It’s helped them confiscate thousands of guns. CNN’s Randi Kaye saw firsthand how law enforcement uses the program to find and seize illegal firearms.
Here is the link with video clips as well;
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/06/tonight-on-ac360-california-goes-after-illegal-guns/
The disturbing aspect of this story is the assumption that the database they use to figure out if a newly prohibited person is a gun owner, means that they must keep a database on all their gun owning citizens. So despite the anti-gun people claiming a national database (under the guise of a background check) system would not lead to confiscation, it is already happening.
Rest assured the 2nd Amendment would be on a slippery slope to eradication if the government ever knows who owns what guns. First they could expand the list of those not being able to own a gun to include people who are only accused of certain crimes, but not convicted. For instance some places say those accused of domestic violence cannot have a gun.
Additionally they might some day ban so called "assault weapons", and demand people turn them in or automatically become criminals. If those people are on a national database, rest assured some task force could be on their way to confiscate and maybe even arrest the owners.
I am concerned, and wonder what others here think?
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