I didn't get a chance to actually line up the sights as it was starting to get dark. I think I hit a tree which had appeared between me and the deer. It just walked away, like it didn't feel there was any need to hurry. But the fact that the government wants you to have your gun registered and licensed makes you feel that they know something about you. That the fact that you have a gun seems somehow suspicious.
Guns are for killing.
Therefore the fact that you own a gun means that you too are a madman and a killer. Still the business of having 10 million people register their guns doesn't make a lot of sense. I don't think that anybody really expects that requiring every honest citizen to register his or her guns is in any way going to deter criminals from going about their business. They have no intention of complying with the regulations and registering their weapons. They prefer to use the prohibited type anyway, handguns and automatics.