Cars are typically much more expensive than guns and we equate car thievery today to cattle thievery of yesterday - we take it quite personally. Registering a

Cars are typically much more expensive than guns and we equate car thievery today to cattle thievery of yesterday - we take it quite personally. Registering a car is simply an excuse for the government to charge you money to use your vehicle. Really, it doesn't reduce vehicle crime, although it does make stealing cars tougher. But you wouldn't need to charge a registration fee for that. Also, guns have serial numbers like cars. If yours is stolen, hopefully you wrote down the serial so that if the cops ever find it it will be returned to you (unless used in a violent crime, and then I think you are just SOL). A gun registry wouldn't reduce crime because criminals don't use their guns, they are either stolen or straw purchases. Otherwise, with violent crimes of passion that utilize guns it's very clear cut where the weapon comes from.