Senator Vows Universal Background Checks Won’t Become Registration

By Tom Knighton

One of the two measures that Democrats are pushing to be passed in the Senate is universal background checks. The other is red flag orders. A lot of digital ink has been spilled at this site on both of those topics and, I suspect, still more will be spilled in the near future. After all, we’re still far from done with this nonsense.

However, universal background checks comes with a big fear for a lot of gun owners. They fear that such a system would turn into some form of gun registration.

Sen. Chris Murphy, a notorious anti-gunner from Connecticut, swears that it won’t.

Sen. Chris Murphy assured gun owners that a universal background check law will not lead to a registry of firearms.

Gun rights advocates say that in order for universal background checks to be effective, a gun registry of some kind will be needed in order for law enforcement to check against to ensure the firearm was bought in accordance with the law.

“Law enforcement is able to trace gun sales, today, without a registry,” Murphy said after his remarks at the “2020 Gun Safety Forum” on Wednesday.

“Right now guns are traced back through the manufacture. The problem is …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms