Yesterday I was watching two talking heads screech at each other over gun control. In particular, should gun owners have to register their weapons.
I have never felt strongly one way or the other about this. If I was forced to choose, I probably would have said it should be a requirement. I had heard the arguments from both sides - one side wanting law enforcement to identify the owner of guns used in crimes and the other side concerned that registration is the first step towards confiscation.
It was neither of those arguments that made me realize gun registration was not a workable solution. In fact it was nothing either of those two talking heads said yesterday.
So what was the determinant factor?
I remembered seeing the pro gun registration talking head a few months ago talking about voter registration and maintaining accurate voter rolls. At the time, it appeared to me this talking head had no interest in maintaining accurate voter rolls - in fact I would say he was going out of his way to stop anything that might improve the accuracy of voter rolls.
Right to Vote is more important then the right to own a gun
In my view, the right to vote is much more important then the right to own a gun.
If that talking ahead was against anything that would keep the voter roll accurate, why should I believe the gun register being proposed would be anymore accurate.
Until government can prove it can maintain accurate voter rolls in the long term - then the proposed gun register should not be entertained.
If you are interested in my other thoughts on reducing gun deaths, check out this post I did on a deal I think Trump could do.
While I don’t necessarily agree that one is more important than the other, I upvoted you in the spirit of free thinking. Peace
Thank you
The report found that there are about 1.8 million dead people listed as active voters. Some 2.8 million people have active registrations in more than one state. And 12 million registrations have errors serious enough to make it unlikely that mailings based on them will reach voters. - New York Times
Rhode Island voter rolls inaccurately contain 150,000 people that they should not, according to the secretary of state. - Washington Free Beacon
Also check out this report from Judicial Watch
Why would a gun registration system be any more accurate then the voter registration system. With so many errors and inaccuracies, you would have to question how effective such a gun register would be.
Demands for accurate voting rolls from the government seems to fall on deaf ears.