Heres a strategy for consideration and discussion. Lets encourage legislators to submit legislation developing a no gun registry, rather than a registry of lawful gun owners.
We have a do not fly list.
We have a Sex Offender Registry.
Weve been able, as a nation, to agree that everyone should have access to information about sex offenders in their community. Hence, we have the Sex Offender Registry available to anyone who wants to search it. And compulsory registration by convicted sex offenders.
So why not a no gun possession or ownership registry? List every single felon who is prohibited from buying, owning, or possessing ANY firearms. Searchable by ANYONE who wants to find out if they can sell to someone lawfully, or who knows of someone who is prohibited from possession or ownership.
I would go a step further and include legislation that prohibits those with gun convictions as minors to extend their no ownership, no purchase for 10 years beyond age of majority, and inclusion on the no gun registry at age 18 or 21. This would prevent those who had gun convictions as minors from a do over as a young adult until at least age 28 or 31.
This single thing, a no gun registry that includes minor offenders once they reach the age of majority, could fundamentally change how we address the serious issues of repeat gun felonies by repeat offenders.
But left leaning activists would fight that tooth and nail, because they would claim that inclusion of these gun felons on a no gun registry accessible to the public would be prejudicial to certain racial and ethnic groups. Many of these activists work to shield criminals, over the rights and safety of innocent victims and law abiding citizens.
So instead of fighting for a registry for felons, lawful, non-criminal gun owners are targeted for a "registry", and activists insist that somehow a registry of law abiding people will change the violent gun crimes of criminals. SMH. Logical fallacy at its finest.
