At least 49 dead in 'terrorist' shootings at 2 New Zealand mosques, 4 nabbed, IEDs found

[KevinD]

So how does the government know what you own? For example you want to buy a new handgun. Go to the store, pick one and then you have a background check done based on your picture ID I would suppose, wait whatever waiting time the state demands, then you go back a second time to pick it up? Is that close to actual?

As far as I know, there is no real way for the government to know what firearms a person has.some cities (and states) require all firearms to be registered, most dont. This is why I take any discussion about firearms in the US with a hefty grain of salt. Any numbers used in said discussion are guesses at best, more typically skewed towards whatever point the narrator is trying to make. I'm not necessarily against registration of firearms, nor do I think it would be a bad thing with current federal government. Where the fed is heading (witness current hard trend towards socialism) on the other hand, no way do I want those nuts knowing what I have.