I'm not here to do homework assignments, SJ. It is a simple matter to google the number of jurisdictions in America (which cover somewhat less than half of the population) that have some variety of gun registration. New York requires the registration of handguns, for example. A number of places have restrictions on certain "assault" weapons, and have grandfathered in prior owners as documented by registration. I presume in those jurisdictions registration has not led to confiscation. If you care to cite exceptions, go ahead. The rest support my point.
But we have in this nation a couple of pillars that I choose to rely on before grabbing my AR-15 and threatening to shoot peace officers. One is the Constitution, and not just because of the flawed but nevertheless currently-protected status of gun ownership under the 2A. The other is the rule of law and the right to due process. Yes, guns can be confiscated from someone who is, say, adjudged to be mentally unsound. But that requires that he receive due process. I applaud the NRA's opposition to laws that might short-circuit due process rights.
But licensure and registration seems like common sense to me, and I haven't the slightest desire to take your guns away. I just want you to accept and practice responsibility, just as you do with your car.
Let me put it this way. You made the assertion, this isn't about me assigning something to you, it is about you putting up the information you claim to have for review.
There is a salient and significant difference between that and someone dispatching you to find something you don't claim to know. So, this isn't about homework, it is about proving your point that registration does not lead to confiscation.
In your example, New York, yes, registration has led to confiscation, as cited earlier in this thread by another poster. In another Liberal American bastion, California, registration led to confiscation as well. Even on these shores, confiscation is the outcome (and likely purpose) of registration schemes. In California, the rifles were registered under the State's registration scheme before it was decided they were no longer legal and had to be confiscated or destroyed (they could not legally be sold out of State, so the owners who had registered their lawful firearms, in good faith, woke up one morning deprived of their property without compensation under color of law).
You have failed to support your statement that there are MANY places which have registration which have not confiscated weapons. Thank you for at least (finally) addressing the issue.
What seems like common sense is often deceptive for those who have incomplete or flawed information.
A study of the matter would indicate that registration is not common sense, but a prelude to confiscation.
We did your homework for you.
