Bill Seeks To Block Federal Dollars Backing Any Gun Registration Scheme

By Tom Knighton

Gun registration is the bane of gun rights activists, and for good reason. The moment you enact registration, you make it clear that guns are a privilege, not a right, and that the government should know who has what. You’ve thus empowered tyranny since the first logical move of any tyrant is to disarm the populace.

The federal government is barred currently from registering guns. Now, a bill is being proposed that will stop them from funding anyone else’s registration schemes as well.

The Gun-owner Registration Information Protection, or GRIP Act, would extend the current prohibition on the use of federal funds for the maintenance of a full or partial gun registry to money allocated to state and tribal governments. Proposed by U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, she argues that work is already underway in a number of states to store personal information on gun owners and some of it may be supported by grant money from Washington.

“My bill would ensure no federal funds are used, either intentionally or not, for these misguided gun control efforts,” said Hyde-Smith in a statement. “This legislation is needed to ensure the federal government is not involved in exploiting the personal information …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms