JohnG@lt wrote:
The difference between the two is that one is a set of inanimate objects while the other is people. The argument against a database is that in the event of a gun banning, it would make them that much easier to confiscate. In the case of people, their info is already tabulated via census and the fact that your address, social security number, date of birth etc is all recorded by the DMV when you get your ID in the first place. I even needed a copy of my birth certificate. So... there already are multiple databases used to record our data anyway. The law doesn't add anything new.
Yes, it's kind of a stupid argument, but the odds of a gun banning are far more likely than a repeat of the Japanese Internment camps that existed during WWII. Shit like that doesn't fly with 24/7 media coverage.
The point is gun registration and compulsory carrying of IDs are two focal issues, one for the US and the other for Europe. Each can be viewed as infantile or not.
You see gun registration as the first step towards a fascist state, we've seen IDs used as the first step in Europe being under the swastika or hammer and sickle.
It's not like they're going to start going through DMV records, see who has a Mexican sounding last name and then go raid their house at random.
Why wouldn't they? It would make more sense to trawl the DMV records and cross-reference with immigration records than just pull random people over.
They are going to be pulling over random people in the street who look vaguely Mexican and putting them under threat of being arrested.
If their house were raided and the have the right papers they won't be arrested.
If they are pulled over and have the right papers they won't be arrested.
Don't you see the similarity?
Last edited by Dilbert_X (2010-05-03 21:15:52)