There are a lot of good arguments here. I appreciate tophat for making a well-detailed opinion. I still disagree with the premise. I think the government should hold the responsibility of keeping registered dealers in line, not the gunmakers. I would assume that this is why dealers have to register. I understand tophat's argument about the supply and demand being predictable, but I don't think laws should be enacted to put this reponsibility in the hands of the gun manufacturers. If this was the case, it might be even worse.
I was unaware about a lot of details surrounding this issue, and I actually learned a lot reading this thread. I wish tilted politics was normally this civilized.
I have to say I am in agreement with debaser and lebell on this one. I find it too constricting to define a gun as having a sole purpose to cause injury or death to another living thing. tophat did well to not ignore this point stating that some weapons are far too inaccurate to be used for target practice etc, this surprised me, I don't know why you would want a gun that is too inaccurate to be used to hit a target at any range, but nevertheless tophat didn't dodge that one.
Good thread. Thanks guys.