I recall reading *somewhere* that there was a congressional proposal to do just that, for that purpose, that got voted down.
-----Original Message----- >From: Joe Rickershauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jan 24, 2008 11:02 AM >To: 'Firearms Regs List' <[email protected]> >Subject: dubious assertion > >A Robert L. Coleman wrote a column the other day in which he says: > > "A wise and learned friend reminds that everyone had to register >their firearms when World War II broke out, in the event they would be >needed in the war effort." >[http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080122/OPINION03/801220380/1008/OPINION01] > >I don't think this happened in the USA (if it did, wouldn't you like to >see that database for some research). > >Any ideas where this "wise and learned friend" got this idea -- other >than conflating events in Germany and perhaps England? > > --jcr > >_______________________________________________ >To post, send message to [email protected] >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see >http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > >Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. > Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people >can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward >the messages to others. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
