Two points:
1 -- What will the registry prevent?
2 -- If most guns used in crimes are illegal, then why would they ever be registered in the first place? Or is this one of those situations where authorities typically just ignore long guns, and anyone found in possession of one can claim it is legal and the cops have no way to prove or disprove? How is this not unlike making a registry for illegal immigrants, or requiring illegal drugs to have a tax stamp? Could this possibly just be another attempt to collect fines/revenue by stacking another charge on someone for "unregistered" weapon?
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