Jeff Thomas
New member
Fellow TFL members,
Yesterday there was an article in the Wall Street Journal ('WSJ') that told the story of an FFL in Colorado Springs that is (1) thinking of getting out of the business due to his concern about the nature of the business, who is acquiring guns, etc., and (2) supporting (or at least becoming so)registration of firearms.
Today the WSJ published the results of an WSJ / NBC poll showing generally overwhelming support for registration and other gun control schemes of various types.
(I can enter all this stuff in here, but really don't want to take the time right now. If you really want it, post that and I'll enter the story and data.)
My son asked the same question of me the other day. I told him, IMHO, that the comparison of gun registration to auto registration is a bogus analogy. In my mind, the significant differences are the critical importance of firearms to self-defense and democracy, and the historical record of governments seizing arms.
We've all heard of Bill Bradley's and Al Gore's recent efforts. Registration is being presented as an obvious, intelligent approach to this issue.
I am aware of http://www.sksbuyback.org/ and http://www.nrawinningteam.com/ regarding recent registration = confiscation actions in CA. And, I have seen Stephen Halbrook's work on the ILA web site regarding similar Nazi actions during WWII. I'm searching for more such evidence.
If you know of anything, including citations, web sites, etc., please post it in this thread. I have heard of such actions in NY and IL. I'll spend some of tonight and tomorrow searching GOA, NRA/ILA, and JPFO.
Any additional help you can provide will be appreciated.
I know it is tough as nails to get a letter to the editor published in the WSJ, but I want to give this a shot again.
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Regards from AZ
Yesterday there was an article in the Wall Street Journal ('WSJ') that told the story of an FFL in Colorado Springs that is (1) thinking of getting out of the business due to his concern about the nature of the business, who is acquiring guns, etc., and (2) supporting (or at least becoming so)registration of firearms.
Today the WSJ published the results of an WSJ / NBC poll showing generally overwhelming support for registration and other gun control schemes of various types.
(I can enter all this stuff in here, but really don't want to take the time right now. If you really want it, post that and I'll enter the story and data.)
My son asked the same question of me the other day. I told him, IMHO, that the comparison of gun registration to auto registration is a bogus analogy. In my mind, the significant differences are the critical importance of firearms to self-defense and democracy, and the historical record of governments seizing arms.
We've all heard of Bill Bradley's and Al Gore's recent efforts. Registration is being presented as an obvious, intelligent approach to this issue.
I am aware of http://www.sksbuyback.org/ and http://www.nrawinningteam.com/ regarding recent registration = confiscation actions in CA. And, I have seen Stephen Halbrook's work on the ILA web site regarding similar Nazi actions during WWII. I'm searching for more such evidence.
If you know of anything, including citations, web sites, etc., please post it in this thread. I have heard of such actions in NY and IL. I'll spend some of tonight and tomorrow searching GOA, NRA/ILA, and JPFO.
Any additional help you can provide will be appreciated.
I know it is tough as nails to get a letter to the editor published in the WSJ, but I want to give this a shot again.
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Regards from AZ