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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [qb] As for handguns, I simply don't see the benefit of registering them. Care to enlighten me? [/qb][/QUOTE]Same reason you register your car- if found at a crime scene it can be traced to a owner, without mandatory registration, guns used in crimes could find their way into the hands of unsuspecting innocent citizens (buying used) that would be owning a murder weapon. Registration can also tell the make, age, caliber and (if expanded) the lan/groove pattern of a gun- which would make crime scene investigations much easier and faster. Registration also gives cops a heads up as to what kind of arsenal a perp may have and gives leads in cases where a suspect's registered gun may match the type used in a crime. Then, of course, there's the registration fee the state collects ( a minor issue, IMHO, but still revenue the state collects). Despite the tired NRA viewpoint that guns are somehow [i]tools[/i], they are not: a Tool can make something and is an instrument of construction- a gun's only use is in killing. Thus regulation/registration/tracking of all firearms protects citizens. If only our military kept such standards- over 80,000 US made guns have gone missing in Iraq. That's a whole army's worth. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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