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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2170168" data-attributes="member: 18914">I think we agree on thinking that quickly passing bills without serious debate and consideration is bad.&nbsp; It is a tactic designed to capitalize on emotion of the moment and to &quot;get something passed&quot; before anyone can calm down and really analyze the bill in question.&nbsp; As to UBCs themselves, there are many nuances to this issue but a major concern is a registry or enduring record database being established.&nbsp; The major proponents of this bill (i.e. Liberal Democrats)keep saying how keeping records is vitally important to make this work at the exact same time that the sponsors are saying &quot;don&#039;t worry the bill will prevent a database&quot; - that makes people like me worry.&nbsp; Sen Coburn&#039;s idea was much better - i.e. a simple &quot;no sell&quot; list which any seller could access to compare to a buyer&#039;s ID.&nbsp; Everything is a tradeoff but I am firmly convinced that allowing any government agency to know how many and what type of personal weapons one owns is a mistake that will come back to haunt us later should we allow it.&nbsp; Look at NY - a registry for handguns was to all intents and purposes established with promises of &quot;no reason to fear confiscation&quot; and then just weeks ago under the impetus of a new crisis the governor stated that confiscation must be considered - well what enables confiscation?&nbsp; A registry of weapons tied to specific people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 2170168, member: 18914"] I think we agree on thinking that quickly passing bills without serious debate and consideration is bad. It is a tactic designed to capitalize on emotion of the moment and to "get something passed" before anyone can calm down and really analyze the bill in question. As to UBCs themselves, there are many nuances to this issue but a major concern is a registry or enduring record database being established. The major proponents of this bill (i.e. Liberal Democrats)keep saying how keeping records is vitally important to make this work at the exact same time that the sponsors are saying "don't worry the bill will prevent a database" - that makes people like me worry. Sen Coburn's idea was much better - i.e. a simple "no sell" list which any seller could access to compare to a buyer's ID. Everything is a tradeoff but I am firmly convinced that allowing any government agency to know how many and what type of personal weapons one owns is a mistake that will come back to haunt us later should we allow it. Look at NY - a registry for handguns was to all intents and purposes established with promises of "no reason to fear confiscation" and then just weeks ago under the impetus of a new crisis the governor stated that confiscation must be considered - well what enables confiscation? A registry of weapons tied to specific people. [/QUOTE]

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