‘No Gun Registry’ Won’t Save Lives, But It Will Stop People From Getting Help

By Tom Knighton

The Law of Unintended Consequences warns that for every action you take, there’s a potential for unforeseen problems to arise. Pass a tax and behavior might change in a way that creates less revenue. Ban something and people might start using an alternative that may be more dangerous.

To be fair, not all unintended consequences are bad. It’s certainly possible to have something unexpected happen that can be a net benefit that you never saw coming.

But a lot of them aren’t.

The thing is, if you look at some proposals, you can see what some of the unexpected consequences might actually be. Such as a proposal that may land people on a registry barring them from owning guns if they’re suicidal.

Donna Nathan, who had been in and out of psychiatric hospitals three times this year, drove to Gretna June 26 and bought a .38-caliber revolver. Eight hours later, she was found dead from a gunshot wound in Audubon Park.

She left a handwritten note to her boyfriend that said, “I’m sorry. I love you.”

Two days later, Katrina Brees offered an idea in a Facebook post about how to save others who might think about doing what her mother had …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms