Reply #35: It's illega

[dmsk8]

Here's a reason no one has raised. Simply put, it is illegal to establish a gun owner or firearm registry under existing Federal law. Here is the relevant excerpt from 18 USC 926(a):

No such rule or regulation prescribed after the date of the enactment of the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act may require that records required to be maintained under this chapter or any portion of the contents of such records, be recorded at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or any political subdivision thereof, nor that any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions be established.

Emphasis mine.

I would point out to when many laws proposing establishing licensing or registration schemes at the Federal level are proposed, they all include language that quietly repeals this section. It is a tacit acknowledgment that this is the law of the land which must be changed in order for gun registration to stand.