Registration does not mean confiscation. Registration does not mean denial of the right of self-defense. Just look at the registration required for cars - it has neither led to confiscation or the denial of the right to travel.
You are alarmed by straw men. Your absolutism and paranoia is, frankly, ridiculous. There may be half a billion firearms out there, unregistered, untraceable, and all capable of shooting up a school. A reasonable regime of licensure, registration and insurance is just as useful and necessary for guns as it is for cars - and just as constitutional.
Stop being selfish.
If big government does not scare you you're not very bright. Big government has killed 100's of
millions of people in the 20th century alone. How many people have been killed by a mad man
with a gun?
Registration is the necessary first step to confiscation. I'd rather not take that step. Also
registration would not have prevented any mass shooting that I am aware of. Please explain
how registration would have prevented this recent shooting?
This shooting was a massive failure of law enforcement at the local state and federal level.
The shooter should never have been allowed to buy a weapon. The FBI was tipped twice and did
nothing. The local cops had been to his house almost 40 times. How the hell did he pass a
background test? Why wasn't his gun taken from him? Enforcing existing gun laws should have
prevented this shooting. The last thing we need is more laws.