@neptuneblue,
neptuneblue wrote:As a rational basis of reform, a national non-governmental data base could be instituted to help deter persons amassing large amounts of weapons and/or ammunition that belong to hate groups, have mental deficiencies or has demonstrated a threat to society.
The NRA opposes such a measure. Why?
I've never heard of such a proposal. Who would hold and maintain the database?
If the NRA has heard of such a proposal and opposes it, I can make an educated guess why that is.
Such databases of guns are typically created only as a prelude to a later measure banning them outright. Presumably the NRA opposes this proposal because they see it as one of these prelude measures that is meant to pave the way for an outright ban.
I would also note that merely belonging to a hate group is not justification for depriving someone of their guns. And the left would surely abuse the meaning of "hate group" to include many innocent groups under that designation in order to violate their civil liberties.
The left also has a history of abusing the meaning of "mental deficiencies" to try to violate the civil liberties of many people. So that should not be a basis for disarming people either.
The term "large amounts" is problematic as well. There is no such thing as having too many guns or too much ammunition.
Disarming a proven threat would be legitimate however, assuming sufficient due process to ensure that it really is a proven threat.
