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In reply to the discussion: Why registration? What is gained by having a list of guns and owners? [View all]spin
(17,493 posts)24. Registration is addressed in the Florida state statutes. ...
        2016 Florida Statutes
790.335 Prohibition of registration of firearms; electronic records.
(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that:
1. The right of individuals to keep and bear arms is guaranteed under both the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and s. 8, Art. I of the State Constitution.
2. A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a law enforcement tool and can become an instrument for profiling, harassing, or abusing law-abiding citizens based on their choice to own a firearm and exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the United States Constitution. Further, such a list, record, or registry has the potential to fall into the wrong hands and become a shopping list for thieves.
3. A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a tool for fighting terrorism, but rather is an instrument that can be used as a means to profile innocent citizens and to harass and abuse American citizens based solely on their choice to own firearms and exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the United States Constitution.
4. Law-abiding firearm owners whose names have been illegally recorded in a list, record, or registry are entitled to redress.
(b) The Legislature intends through the provisions of this section to:
1. Protect the right of individuals to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under both the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and s. 8, Art. I of the State Constitution.
2. Protect the privacy rights of law-abiding firearm owners.
http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2016/790.335
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                        Why registration? What is gained by having a list of guns and owners? [View all]
							discntnt_irny_srcsm
							Dec 2016
							OP
                        
        
        In manyt cases the police haved a bigger avantage since wwhen you register a gun, the serial #
        napi21
        Dec 2016
        #76
      
        
        It's up to the owner to notify the police if their weapon is stolen.  If the owner didn't bother to
        napi21
        Dec 2016
        #77
      
        
        The vehicle v firearm registration analogy is weak for a number of reasons
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Dec 2016
        #18
      
        
        Why registration? when trump gets ready to take your guns he will have a list.
        stonecutter357
        Dec 2016
        #2
      
        
        I would say there are four 'arguments in favor of' or 'reasons for' registration:
        petronius
        Dec 2016
        #20
      
        
        I agree with you on 3 and 4 (and those are the reasons that a pro-registration person
        petronius
        Dec 2016
        #40
      
        
        re: "There are reasons for becoming prohibited that in no way support probable cause for a search"
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Dec 2016
        #45
      
        
        "...they are the key to maintaining a power they forged on the backs of the enslaved."
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Dec 2016
        #48
      
        
        I'd prefer ID for all bullet sales, with the bullet projectiles laser-etched.
        Buckeye_Democrat
        Dec 2016
        #39
      
        
        I think most shooting deaths are crimes of passion, or not well planned.
        Buckeye_Democrat
        Dec 2016
        #51
      
        
        I'm not arguing that the determined and skilled won't find ways around anything
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Dec 2016
        #58
      
        
        This thread is an example of a reasoned, respectul discussion.  Congrats all!
        Eleanors38
        Dec 2016
        #74