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Karl, You've just given a good reason for registration. You say that no legally owned fully automatic weapon was ever used in a crime. Thus, if we register other weapons…and have the same experience, only folks who have unregistered weapons will be likely to use them in the commission of a crime. Thus, the mere fact of possession of an unregistered weapon should be sufficient cause for arrest…since the holder would be vastly more likely to commit some other crime that the holder of a registered weapon. Now back to reality. The high cost and necessary paperwork, including approval by the local chief of police, is the reason that only those with an honest desire to own a fully automatic weapon will register them. It's kind of like people who get driver's licenses and those who don't. Not getting a driver's license doesn't stop most folks from driving, but is that a good reason to stop licensing drivers? Don