We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you have to distort the facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed. The National Educator, January 1994, Page 3. 1973 I used to think those guys who stockpile ammunition in their basements were a few beers short of a six-pack, but now it doesn't sound like such a bad idea.
Registration is only a step.
The prohibition of private firearms is the goal. Waiting periods, registration, then prohibition. It will require years of partial measures that will gradually tighten the requirements for gun ownership, and incrementally change expectations about the firepower that should be available to ordinary citizens. I suppose you could write the NRA's position off as simple paranoia if it weren't for the fact that these words are coming from the gun control folks themselves. My name is Mike, and I have recently taken up the hobby of target shooting.