Originally posted by ThorsSon
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I think that the idea that there is a tendency towards outlawing gun ownership is a bit like saying that there is a widespread movement to ensure that minorities and women aren't allowed to vote. IMO, its a hyperbolic distraction.
And for that matter, I don't think that individual guns should be registered.
For example, Illinois has a FOID card. You can have a FOID card WITHOUT owning guns (needed it for using the range). You can have a FOID card AND own guns (and you don't register your guns as part of getting the card). All the FOID card means is that you've been background checked and are in the state's database as being authorized to buy/sell/own a gun. We have done all of these when we lived in Illinois. Now, conceivably do "they" know if I buy a gun because its somehow linked to my FOID card, maybe...but if I paid anything other than cash, "they" would probably know anyhow.
Thomas Jefferson is an interesting man of lofty ideals and supreme pragmatism. He was also a hypocrite, a bigot, and a spendthrift.
We restrict rights all the time...look at voting.
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