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The threat of gun registration has long been a concern for U.S. gun owners, and for a very good reason: registration always leads to confiscation. Now, two U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to prevent any potential gun registration schemes in the future.<\/p>\n
On January 16, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, introduced the \u201cNo Retaining Every Gun In a System that Restricts Your (REGISTRY) Rights Act.\u201d Although its name is somewhat awkward, this legislation is commendable as it would prevent the U.S. government from establishing a federal firearms registry.<\/p>\n
Among other things, the act would require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to eliminate all existing firearm transaction records, permit federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to destroy transaction records upon going out of business and prevent the ATF from establishing or maintaining a firearms registry in the future.<\/p>\n
The weaponized ATF\u2019s overreach in implementing several new final rules under the Biden Administration was the impetus for the introduction of the measure.<\/p>\n
![<\/a>U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe threat of gun registration has long been a concern for U.S. gun owners, and for a very good reason: registration always leads to confiscation. Now, two U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to prevent any potential gun registration schemes in the future.<\/p>\nOn January 16, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, introduced the \u201cNo Retaining Every Gun In a System that Restricts Your (REGISTRY) Rights Act.\u201d Although its name is somewhat awkward, this legislation is commendable as it would prevent the U.S. government from establishing a federal firearms registry.<\/p>\nAmong other things, the act would require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to eliminate all existing firearm transaction records, permit federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to destroy transaction records upon going out of business and prevent the ATF from establishing or maintaining a firearms registry in the future.<\/p>\nThe weaponized ATF\u2019s overreach in implementing several new final rules under the Biden Administration was the impetus for the introduction of the measure.<\/p>\n\u201cThe ATF\u2019s excessive overreach has gone unchecked for too long,\u201d Sen. Risch said in a press release<\/a> announcing the legislation. \u201cIdaho\u2019s law-abiding gun owners should not be subject to an already illegal\u00a0federal firearms registry. The Second Amendment is not conditional to a list of guns in circulation and their owners.\u00a0All law-abiding Americans have the\u00a0undeniable\u00a0right to keep and bear arms.\u00a0My\u00a0No REGISTRY Rights Act<\/em>\u00a0will safeguard this essential liberty for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\nRep. Cloud, the measure\u2019s sponsor in the U.S. House of Representatives, said that Americans\u2019 right to keep and bear arms should not be subject to a government inventory.<\/p>\n\u201cThe Second Amendment is a cornerstone of individual liberty, and no administration\u2014Republican or Democrat\u2014should have the ability to compile a list of law-abiding gun owners,\u201d Cloud said. \u201cThe Biden administration\u2019s backdoor attempts to create a federal firearms registry are a clear threat to Americans\u2019 privacy and constitutional freedoms. The\u00a0No REGISTRY Rights Act<\/em>\u00a0will dismantle the ATF\u2019s existing database and ensure such a registry can never be implemented.\u201d<\/p>\nIn April 2022, the Biden Administration issued a final rule requiring that FFLs retain all firearm transaction records indefinitely. Since 1984, federal regulations have permitted FFLs to discard records older than 20 years, as the \u201ctime-to-crime\u201d\u2014the interval between a firearm\u2019s last known legal sale and its use in a crime\u2014rarely exceeds two decades.\u00a0<\/p>\nRisch and Cloud were joined in introducing the\u00a0No REGISTRY Rights Act<\/em> by Republican U.S. senators Mike Crapo of Idaho, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy of Montana, Roger Marshall of Kansas), Pete Ricketts of Nebraska, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi and 47 members of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho. The threat of gun registration has long been a concern for U.S. gun owners, and for a very good reason: registration always leads to confiscation. 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