Of course those regulations are useless! Criminals don't obey laws,... that's why they are called criminals!
Gun registration has never been about lowering crime, or, the ability to find criminals using guns!
Gun registration leads to Gun confiscation, which leads to genocide and enslavement!
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The Genocide Chart © JPF

rg 2002
Government Dates Targets Civilians Killed "Gun Control" Laws Features of Over-all "Gun Control" scheme
Ottoman Turkey
915-1917 Armenians (mostly Christians)-1-1.5 million-Art. 166, Pen.- Code, 1866 & 1911 Proclamation, 1915• Permits required •Government list of owners
•Ban on possession
Soviet Union
1929-1945Political opponents;-farming communities-20 million-resolutions, 1918-Decree, July 12, 1920-Art. 59 & 182, Pen. code, 1926•Licensing of owners•Ban on possession•Severe penalties
Nazi Germany & Occupied Europe
1933-1945 Political opponents;Jews; Gypsies;critics; "examples" 20 million Law on Firearms & Ammun., 1928 Weapon Law, March 18, 1938 Regulations against Jews, 1938 •Registration & Licensing •Stricter handgun laws•Ban on possession
China, Nationalist
1927-1949 Political opponents; army conscripts; others-10 million Art. 205, Crim. Code, 1914-Art. 186-87, Crim. Code, 1935 •Government permit system•Ban on private ownership
China, Red
1949-1952-1957-1960-1966-1976-Political opponents;Rural populations- Enemies of the state-20-35 million-Act of Feb. 20, 1951-Act of Oct. 22, 1957•Prison or death to "counter-revolutionary criminals" and anyone resisting any government program
•Death penalty for supply guns to such "criminals"
Guatemala
1960-1981-Mayans & other Indians;political enemies-100,000-200,000 Decree 36, Nov 25 •Act of 1932-Decree 386, 1947-Decree 283, 1964•Register guns & owners •Licensing with high fees•Prohibit carrying guns•Bans on guns, sharp tools•Confiscation powers
Uganda
1971-1979 Christians -Political enemies 300,000 Firearms Ordinance, 1955 Firearms Act, 1970 •Register all guns & owners •Licenses for transactions•Warrantless searches •Confiscation powers
Cambodia
(Khmer Rouge)1975-1979 Educated Persons;Political enemies-2 million-Art. 322-328, Penal Code Royal Ordinance 55, 1938•Licenses for guns,owners,ammunition&transactions •Photo ID with fingerprints •License inspected quarterly
Rwanda
1994 Tutsi people-800,000 Decree-Law No. 12, 1979 •Register guns, owners, ammunition •Owners must justify need •Concealable guns illegal •Confiscating powers