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In reply to the discussion: No, I'm not going to register my guns. [View all]Orrex
(63,173 posts)You're equating the publication of registered gun owners' names with the publication of the contents of their homes, but I'm not convinced that the two are the same.
As I understand it, the article publishes the names of people who own registered firearms, not the names of people who keep registered firearms in their homes. It's a subtle but important difference.
Consider these two very different announcements:
1. rrneck owns a registered firearm.
vs.
2. rrneck has a 9mm Beretta in his desk drawer.
The first sentence states something that is (or IMO should be) a matter of public record. The second sentence reveals the contents of your home, which IMO should remain private (assuming, as you noted, that it's legal). You might keep the gun in your garage, or in your glove compartment, or in the wall safe in your office three miles away.
I understand that many gun owners are uncomfortable with the thought of a gun registry, and invariably someone raises the spectre of fascist, gun-seizing oppression. It's ultimately a matter of perspective and degree. IMO it's a reasonable part of a "well regulated militia."