Lew Hodgett wrote:

What will registration accomplish? Do you think any criminal will
choose to register a firearm?

Not hardly; however, when the registered firearm is found in the hands
of a felon, the possibility of legal recourse exists.


Right.

"The gun is registered to you, it was used in a crime, you have not reported
it stolen. Now come along with us to the station house. There are some
questions we'd like to ask you. Dress warmly, we'll be in the basement."