Reply #213: Try U.S. v. Haynes, 390 U.S. 85 (1968)....

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"In these circumstances, it can scarcely
be said that the risks of criminal prosecution confronted by
prospective registrants are "remote possibilities out of the
ordinary course of law," Heike v. United States, 227 U.S. 131,
144; yet they are compelled, on pain of criminal prosecution,
to provide to the Secretary both a formal acknowledgment of
their possession of firearms, and supplementary information
likely to facilitate their arrest and eventual conviction. The
hazards of incrimination created by the registration
requirement can thus only be termed "real and appreciable.""

If a criminal must register a firearm, that's a violation of his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination. So registration laws ONLY apply to the law abiding. Now what was the purpose of your registration scheme again?????