Registration = Confiscation: Example #406,282, 185

Call me paranoid, but this item from Indonesia makes me think that allowing the government a list of guns and gun owners is a bad idea.

"We used to give permission to civilians to possess firearms for self-defense. But as of now civilians can no longer carry firearms," [National Police chief Gen.] Sutanto said after welcoming new graduates at the Bhayangkara Police Academy in Semarang, Central Java.

That which is by permission of the government is not a "right".