When I first moved to NY state I was appalled that all handguns needed to be registered. After a while I realized that the brown shirts were not going to kick my door in to get my weapons, it was done for other reasons like if the gun is stolen I maybe able to get it back. If my house burned down I can submit an insurance claim and prove I owned them. Likewise if you had to register a firearm purchased at a gun show, you would see a lot less guns on the street. Who is going to buy one for a bad guy knowing that it was purchased by you and registered to you in Virginia ... Lots of things can be done to make the general public safer without taking away any rights from anyone. A total ban like in DC, hell in DC there are more guns then people, look how well that worked - Not .. so some serious thinking and some make sense laws would help and I am sure most gun owners will agree. You don't have to step on the 2nd Amendment to achieve a balance of ownership and safety.