GOP Rep. Duncan likens gun registration to Rwandan genocide - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/293483-gop-rep-likens-gun-registration-to-rwandan-genocide
..... “The 2nd Amendment is (or should be) equal to the 1st Amendment and the 4th Amendment and all of the others,” Duncan said in his Facebook post. “Ask yourselves why it is under attack? Ask yourselves about a National gun registry database and how that might be used and why it is so wanted by progressives?” Duncan then likened it to a tribal registry in Rwanda. “Read about the Rwandan genocide, the Hutu and Tutsi tribes,” he continued. “Read that all Tutsi tribe members were required to register their address with the Hutu government and that this database was used to locate Tutsi for slaughter at the hands of the Hutu.” Duncan wrote that since the government had the names and addresses of nearly all Tutsis living in Rwanda, “the killers could go door to door, slaughtering the Tutsis.”
He wrote that each Rwandan “had an identity card that labeled them Tutsi, Hutu, or Twa.” Duncan accused Democrats of “preying on the fears” of citizens. “I use this example to warn that national databases can be used with evil consequences,” he said. “Preying on the fears of the American citizenry is
not good governance.”..... RRD: While I agree with this in principle I regard it as much more likely that a gun database will be used to harrass or target innocent people (as already happened when a newspaper published the names of gun owners fn1) & also to confiscate guns ultimately. It should be noted however that the danger of this particular bill a(s far as registration is concerned) is not that it creates a central database ( it does not) but that the records kept could ultimately be seized & fed into such a database in the future. This is precisely why Senator Coburn ultimately decided to oppose it. Further there are other equally serious problems with the bill that I list in the post below: Why we should stop the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer deal plus contact info - The Neointellectual http://theneointellectual.typepad.com/blog/2013/04/why-we-should-stop-the-toomey-manchin-schumer-deal-plus-contact-info.html
Footnote: fn1
N.Y. Gun Owner’s Home Burglarized After Newspaper Publishes Names of Gun Permit Holders | Fox News Insider http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/01/14/n-y-gun-owners-home-burglarized-after-newspaper-publishes-names-of-gun-permit-holders/
..... “The 2nd Amendment is (or should be) equal to the 1st Amendment and the 4th Amendment and all of the others,” Duncan said in his Facebook post. “Ask yourselves why it is under attack? Ask yourselves about a National gun registry database and how that might be used and why it is so wanted by progressives?” Duncan then likened it to a tribal registry in Rwanda. “Read about the Rwandan genocide, the Hutu and Tutsi tribes,” he continued. “Read that all Tutsi tribe members were required to register their address with the Hutu government and that this database was used to locate Tutsi for slaughter at the hands of the Hutu.” Duncan wrote that since the government had the names and addresses of nearly all Tutsis living in Rwanda, “the killers could go door to door, slaughtering the Tutsis.”
He wrote that each Rwandan “had an identity card that labeled them Tutsi, Hutu, or Twa.” Duncan accused Democrats of “preying on the fears” of citizens. “I use this example to warn that national databases can be used with evil consequences,” he said. “Preying on the fears of the American citizenry is
not good governance.”..... RRD: While I agree with this in principle I regard it as much more likely that a gun database will be used to harrass or target innocent people (as already happened when a newspaper published the names of gun owners fn1) & also to confiscate guns ultimately. It should be noted however that the danger of this particular bill a(s far as registration is concerned) is not that it creates a central database ( it does not) but that the records kept could ultimately be seized & fed into such a database in the future. This is precisely why Senator Coburn ultimately decided to oppose it. Further there are other equally serious problems with the bill that I list in the post below: Why we should stop the Toomey-Manchin-Schumer deal plus contact info - The Neointellectual http://theneointellectual.typepad.com/blog/2013/04/why-we-should-stop-the-toomey-manchin-schumer-deal-plus-contact-info.html
Footnote: fn1
N.Y. Gun Owner’s Home Burglarized After Newspaper Publishes Names of Gun Permit Holders | Fox News Insider http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/01/14/n-y-gun-owners-home-burglarized-after-newspaper-publishes-names-of-gun-permit-holders/
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