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So you think that penalizing the legal purchasers is the solution..
Automatic jail time and additional criminal proceedings if the firearm is connected to a prior crime (regardless of who committed it) for illegal guns would be a lot simpler, but that would penalise law abiding gun owners who can't be bothered to license their firearms as well.
You do realize that gun registration is an exception and not the rule in the U.S. There is no "gun registration" except in a few regressive states.
From a quick google search"
https://www.google.com/search?q=states+requiring+registry+of+firearms&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Which states require gun registration?
States that Require Registration of Pre-Ban Assault Weapons, 50 Caliber Rifles, and/or Large Capacity Magazines: Six states (California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York) have banned assault weapons,34 but allow continued possession of such weapons if they were lawfully owned on a specified date ...
And from:
http://smartgunlaws.org/gun-laws/policy-areas/gun-owner-responsibilities/registration-of-firearms/
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Summary of State Law
Six states and the District of Columbia require registration of some or all firearms. Hawaii and the District of Columbia require the registration of all firearms, and New York requires the registration of all handguns through its licensing law.10 Hawaii, New York and four other states also have a registration system for certain highly dangerous firearms, such as assault weapons. These states generally ban such firearms, but allow the continued possession of grandfathered weapons if they were owned before the ban was adopted and are registered. For more information about such laws, see our summaries on Assault Weapons, 50 Caliber Weapons, and Large Capacity Ammunition Magazines.
Additional states require the reporting of firearm sales and transfers to a state or local agency, which maintains these records. For information about such laws, see our summary on Maintaining Records & Reporting Gun Sales. California and Maryland also require new residents to report certain firearms that they bring into the state.
Conversely, eight states have statutes prohibiting them from maintaining a registry of firearms except in limited circumstances.</b>
I tend to do a giggle-snort every time a television mentions something like "and the gun was not registered". Too many people think that a firearm registry is an actual thing in the majority of the states. Nope, snowflakes, it isn't and had even been ruled as an invasion of privacy in some jurisdictions. Entertainment out of Hollyweird tends to have subtle propaganda like "gun registration" woven into the majority of scripts.
I listen to the arguments and consider. The anti-gun propaganda doesn't hold up in a statistical analysis. Attempts to get the emotions to override any semblance of critical thinking on the subject just confuse the issue. History has shown that disarming a populace is a precursor of totalitarianism over and over. Let's not go down that road again.
Added to the mixture is a difference of concept in what a government is intended to do. I'm talking the debate that is older than the U.S.; Jeffersonian vs Hamiltonian ideal of government. One side considers the purpose of government to protect personal, individual, liberty from enemies both foreign and domestic. The other side considers the purpose of government to control the population for the common weal administered by their betters.
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