Reply #6: registration combats crime directly - here's how

[mikeb302000]

When guns are registered to specific people, those people are going to be damn sure they don't let those guns end up in the wrong hands. The way it is now, gun flow from lawful owners to criminals is like the Mississippi River. Registration of guns, which will constrain you guys to do the right thing, will slow that flow down and directly prevent some bad guys from getting guns.

It would especially address the sloppy gun dealing that goes on privately, you know the transfers that require no background check or any paperwork. Registration ends all that.