Lew Hodgett wrote:

"Doug Winterburn" wrote:

Never had anything bigger than a pump pellet rifle for varmit
control,
but am considering a handgun because it may not be an option to
legally
buy one in the not so distant future.

Where is that coming from?

Maybe NRA propaganda?

It took a ruling from the Supreme Court to finally stop Washington DC from
banning the ownership of handguns by law-abiding citizens, and apparently DC
is interested in ways to get around that ruling if they can. So far as I've
heard Chicago hasn't done away with their equally ineffective handgun ban
either, ineffective in the sense that criminals happily ignore it. If you
can point out how fear of handgun bans amounts to "NRA propaganda" despite
laws such as these existing for decades, that might be interesting.

Hand gun registration, background checks, yes.

What will registration accomplish? Do you think any criminal will choose to
register a firearm? Felons aren't supposed to possess guns in the first
place, that's why they don't stand in line at a gun shop and undergo a
background check.

Banning sale of hand guns, no.

The idea that if firearms are registered, the bad guys will know where
to find and confiscate them is shear lunacy and more NRA hype.

Really, is that how it worked in Britain, Australia and Canada, registration
didn't precede bans and confiscations?