T110's Second Summer of Love (And Tolerance)

The_Chieftain:   You don't need to go as far as Nazi Germany.   1976. Ireland. All registered handguns were required to be turned in under a 'temporary order' due to the violence going on in Northern Ireland. Owners had 'rights of visitation' to their pistol in Garda HQ. "Temporary order" only reversed after the Irish High Court told the police they were being silly and had to give them back, in about 2004. About half the pistols remain unclaimed. 1970s, New Zealand. Pistols confiscated as illegal using a list maintained since the 1920s. 1996, Australia. List of registered/licensed semi-auto rifles used to confiscate them. 1995s Canada. All handguns listed since the 1920s, rifles they tried from about 1994. Total failure since most people didn't want their firearms registered, but those who did have discovered that when they die their firearms are 'prohibited' and must be surrendered instead of given to their kid. California has a similar issue with "Registered Assault Weapons". 1997 England. Restrictions on rifles and pistols. Pistols been registered since 1921, rifles from the 1960s or so. Anything declared 'prohibited' during the Great Sweep (to include Olympic pistols) had to be turned in. Cue significant embarassment that even the UK Olympic shooting team had to practice outside of England. New York City. Long gun registry started 1967. Weapons declared prohibited and confiscated 1990s 2013. New York. More weapons declared prohibited, and registrations used to identify them. 2014. Connecticut. Something similar, except the only people being targetted are the folks who tried to register their weapons and missed the deadline.   There have also been a large number of incidents in the US against individuals who, for one reason or another, have come up on a radar and had their known firearms removed.