Requiring people to report stolen guns, or else, seems to be the latest trend in stopping illegal trafficing.  I’ve yet to figure out exactly how this works, other than adding a new way for legal gun ownership to land otherwise law abiding people in jail:
Gun-control advocates and public safety officials say the laws will close a loophole on illegal trafficking. California requires a 10-day waiting period for gun purchases, so authorities can run background checks on applicants. But nothing forbids someone who passes a background check from selling guns to someone who doesn’t, an act known as a “straw purchase.”
If by nothing they mean federal law that makes doing this a felony, then yeah, nothing forbids it.  Do reporters bother to do any research? Or just say what sounds good, and hope for the best.
Such laws educate the public “and make gun owners a little more accountable,” Simi Valley Police Chief Mike Lewis said.
We’re already accountable enough, thank you. You don’t think those 20,000 gun laws across the US are all aimed at criminals do you?
“Everybody should know where their gun is,” Heyne said, adding that the law doesn’t target responsible owners. “What we’re after are people who don’t know where their gun is or haven’t checked on it in years. This isn’t a hairbrush. This is a lethal instrument of death.”
Even I don’t do a complete inventory every other day. Apparently the Pentagon doesn’t either. Explain to me, oh anti-gun folks, exactly how is this meant to combat straw purchasing, which is already a felony?  I’d really like to know, especially since this crap is being peddled in my state legislature as we speak.
I should note, that as an FFL holder, I’m already required to report any thefts/losses to the ATF. But one can be expected to know the laws that pertain to having the license. I don’t expect some poor schmo that keeps a deer rifle in the attic to know much.