For the anti-gunners, it's nothing to worry about.

Take a look at the anti-gun legislation enacted in Germany. They are in the process now of implementing a fully-computerized national gun registry, what they call the NWR.

I was looking up something and came across the FAQ page on the NWR. It's "only" 37 pages long....

What Americans should worry about are the coming fights over, of all things, the Treaty Power contained in the Constitution. Right now, it's pretty much an open question on just how much of government powers and individual rights can be reworked through treaties. The judicial opinions are all over the block, so much so that some of the most recent opinions have quite explicitly begged the Supreme Court to take one or more of the cases in the lower courts and give a clear read on the Treaty Power.

And don't think this will break out on Democratic-Republican lines. It's far more likely to break on corporatist-individual lines, and this court is far more solicitous of business and corporate interests than they are of individual rights.


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