Originally Posted by pylon
As an PAL/RPAL holder and gun owner, I've considered weighing in on it. However I do not think an intelligent or rational conversation could be had here as the voices on the left of this site, tend to be very loud, righteous and demeaning to anyone that may have any sort of Conservative views, let alone collect firearms.
All I will add is this. Personally, I feel that this will do exactly nothing to help this issue. RPAL holders in this country, for the better part, are some of the most upstanding, least threatening people in the Country. And every single one of us, undergoes a daily, electronic criminal records check. And it is assumed it is voluntary if you purchase a restricted firearm.
That being said, I think they need to tighten further, who can have access to handguns, and tighten storage requirements. Unless you've lived a spotless life, with spotless credit, and the ability to store your weapons in a dedicated room/vault, I believe you should only qualify for long guns, not restricted weapons or handguns. It would take someone hours to get at mine should someone attempt to steal mine. If they could even find the door to my vault.
The discussion in 10 years is going to be the thousands of 3D printed ghost guns. At least with a registry, even in the completely rare case of a registered weapon is used in the commission of a crime, you can at least figure out some sort of trail as to where the gun came from. Which is better than nothing.
I would actually buy into a full on handgun ban and hand my restricted stuff back in, if the US outright banned handgun sales and ownership. They are neat, fun to shoot and all, but yes the world would be a better place if they all vanished. But we are so far down the rabbit hole, it will never happen. As long as we share the worlds longest unprotected border with the gun haven of the world, criminals will get their guns no matter what. And there's not a thing this legislation does to stop it.
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