Firearms registries have long been associated with the overreaching abuse of government power and the desire by some anti-gun officials to then confiscate registered firearms. This isn't a cycle we want to play out in America.
State lawmakers want to use personal information taken from law-abiding gun owners to create "research" that advocates for more gun bans and restrictions.
It has been difficult for the mainstream media to spin the fact that even as Americans bought more and more guns, the crime rates just kept going down.