Why Are Gun Lobbies Expected to Oppose a System in Which

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Multiple Choice

Why are gun lobbies expected to oppose a system in which gun manufacturers take "fingerprints" of guns before they leave the factories?

• A) It is too easy for criminals to scratch the firing pin.
• B) The system is very much like a national gun registry.
• C) The process would trace the owner of the gun, not necessarily the user.
• D) Any database created would not include guns already in circulation.

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