tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post6097300183769790228..comments2024-03-24T21:06:57.039-07:00Comments on FOUSESQUAWK: Oh No! We Have Another Embarrassing Professor at UC IrvineGary Fousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-20189247679722111492015-12-05T14:44:29.552-08:002015-12-05T14:44:29.552-08:00Although I believe I may have mentioned this previ...Although I believe I may have mentioned this previously, it has been a little while and it might bear repeating.<br /><br />Many/most on the Left (including Siarlys) blather on about "universal gun registration" as one potential cure-all for gun violence. The fact is that in jurisdictions where registration is already a requirement, as well as in any that might be added in the future, due to Fifth Amendment considerations, individuals who are prohibited from firearms possession but who manage to come into one anyway may not, repeat NOT, be prosecuted for either failure to register a firearm or for possession of an unregistered firearm. <br /><br />This seems pretty silly to me. These people are, of course, exactly and precisely those who are most apt to use guns in violent activity, much, MUCH more so than law-abiders. One of the unspoken (at least by the Left) "unintended consequences" of registration is that it provides an effective avenue to future confiscation, which is the real ultimate goal of the "antis" anyway , and which has actually happened here and in foreign countries as well.<br /><br />Why in the world we would not consider strict and effective enforcement of current gun laws to the "nth" degree and judge the effects of that action before enacting new laws is just beyond me.<br /><br />I AM a member of NRA (Life membership since the early 70's). You are absolutely correct, with very, very few exceptions indeed, in your characterization of the organization and its members.<br /><br />The so-called "gun show loophole" is also just another red herring for defacto waiting periods/denials of purchase which cannot be accomplished by the Left at the ballot box.<br />elwood p sugginsnoreply@blogger.com