Unfortunately registering of air rifles wont bring back a child but it will definitely prevent some animals being abused and may avoid further deaths.
I didnt fail to reply to any of your questions intentionally I have now been writing on the lap top for over three hours.
I find it odd however that you ask questions with obvious answers and believe you are so agenda driven that you have become blinkered in your thinking.
Had anyone refused to surrender a firearm ultimately they would have been arrested and charged with unlawful possession which I think is a mandatory five year sentence probable release in two and a half years