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Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts) Fri Dec 4, 2015, 12:03 PM Dec 2015

Every vehicle on the roads has a unique VIN, [View all]

and each vehicle is registered to its owner in government databases.

Would you support a similar system for firearms?

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	Yes
	25 (78%)
	No, that's too intrusive
	5 (16%)
	No, that doesn't go far enough
	2 (6%)
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Every vehicle on the roads has a unique VIN, [View all] Nye Bevan Dec 2015 OP

Plus, each person who wishes to own a firearm should be licensed. MohRokTah Dec 2015 #1

tell me melm00se Dec 2015 #3

Tell me.... daleanime Dec 2015 #6

gee whiz melm00se Dec 2015 #9

Why? daleanime Dec 2015 #12

Auto insurance n/t LadyHawkAZ Dec 2015 #23

Not so. Captain Stern Dec 2015 #39

Inattentive driving will get you a traffic citation in my state. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #56

In my state also. Captain Stern Dec 2015 #57

I guess you are right. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #58

If guns are so safe, the insurance companies would be crawling all over each other to sell the -none Dec 2015 #38

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation? Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2015 #7

Right question suggests wrong approach. Chan790 Dec 2015 #13

There are all sorts of fraud & theft policies, also your life insurance covers you if you are The_Casual_Observer Dec 2015 #26

Insurance isn't going to do much. jeff47 Dec 2015 #4

I solved this in reply #13. Chan790 Dec 2015 #16

+1 JoePhilly Dec 2015 #29

And to take care of the firearms that are already out there, a voluntary program Squinch Dec 2015 #2

all firearms made post melm00se Dec 2015 #5

or a law that staters in order to have a firing range you have to agree to unannounced inspections saturnsring Dec 2015 #10

Meat processing plants are private property. They are routinely inspected. Squinch Dec 2015 #18

I'd be ok with registration but not this lunacy whatthehey Dec 2015 #8

Oh, dear! Someone suggested that responsible gun owners take responsibility for their guns! Squinch Dec 2015 #17

Until you invent a DNA+vital sign+personal security forcefield you are living in la-la land whatthehey Dec 2015 #21

Bank vaults are robbed, and the dollars are not used to kill people. PRisons are broken Squinch Dec 2015 #22

And this illogical nuttery is why grabbers can't pass shit for a generation and are losing ground whatthehey Dec 2015 #34

OK, you know you are being lame now, right? You can keep giving examples like broken condoms and Squinch Dec 2015 #37

"if you truly believe there is no way to ensure that your gun will not kill someone else,..." EX500rider Dec 2015 #65

I believe that I CAN guarantee that my ladder and my matches Squinch Dec 2015 #66

"there is a good chance that I could be charged with a crime" EX500rider Dec 2015 #67

Or depraved indifference. Which is what not securing your gun amounts to. Squinch Dec 2015 #68

You get 3 days to report it stolen. JoePhilly Dec 2015 #31

Not a single problem with that. Heck 3 days is too long. whatthehey Dec 2015 #35

I get called a grabber, and I don't think they can prevent all theft. JoePhilly Dec 2015 #42

You're obviously more realistic than some on this thread then whatthehey Dec 2015 #45

That seems fine. Squinch Dec 2015 #40

Not quite. -none Dec 2015 #43

Not if the sale needs to be registered on a database. Squinch Dec 2015 #46

Then the good guy gun owner can sell it to the thief, report it stolen, then walk? -none Dec 2015 #49

If the gun owner sells it to the thief and the sale is not registered on the database, and the Squinch Dec 2015 #53

It already exists Kilgore Dec 2015 #11

A big problem for advocacy of registration... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #14

What you are saying is tantamount to saying, for example, that women cannot Squinch Dec 2015 #20

I find that whole idea to be exactly what has happened. truedelphi Dec 2015 #30

Well, then, the folks who are part of the NRA should get on board so confiscation doesn't happen. Squinch Dec 2015 #33

sure, and there are some radical environmentalists who would like to take away all the cars, too. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author Recursion Dec 2015 #15

As some have already suggested, there are serial numbers, however the thing that is Squinch Dec 2015 #19

Not all vehicles are registered. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #24

If you get caught with that gun off your property, it is an unregistered weapon. -none Dec 2015 #44

This already exists. MGMT Dec 2015 #25

Isn't there a gap when a private sale takes place? Renew Deal Dec 2015 #28

Yes. It's illogical not to. Renew Deal Dec 2015 #27

Every new firearm comes with a unique serial number. Since new firearms must be seld by a FFL Waldorf Dec 2015 #32

Serious question: What would that accomplish? linuxman Dec 2015 #36

With a manufacturer's ballistic record required before point of initial sale. L. Coyote Dec 2015 #41

Lol. Several states tried this, spends millions over many years Lee-Lee Dec 2015 #47

Why is that funny? demwing Dec 2015 #50

People pushing an idea that had been tried and proven a total failure Lee-Lee Dec 2015 #55

It's an emotionally charged issue, you do get that, right? demwing Dec 2015 #61

A little empathy towards those that are attempting to restrict a right? GGJohn Dec 2015 #70

Because most here have no fucking clue about firearms. GGJohn Dec 2015 #69

That program existed and was a total disaster theboss Dec 2015 #51

NY got rid of their ballistic database belcffub Dec 2015 #60

That ballistic record is useless after a couple of hundred rounds hack89 Dec 2015 #63

New York and Maryland have scrapped both their 'ballistic record' systems. X_Digger Dec 2015 #72

Did you know you can't require person barred from owning to register if they own guns? Lee-Lee Dec 2015 #48

Yay the inevitable guns - cars comparison is back! Initech Dec 2015 #52

Hell yes. We need to make sure they all get melted down. mwrguy Dec 2015 #54

In related news, the NRA moves to repeal all traffic laws. backscatter712 Dec 2015 #59

Awesome! Squinch Dec 2015 #73

Want to compare guns to cars? Ok hack89 Dec 2015 #62

Your premise is incorrect. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #71