“‘When the universal background checks don’t work, then registration will be proposed to enforce them,’ said Senator Charles Grassley, Republican of Iowa, last week. ‘And when that doesn’t work, because criminals won’t register their guns, we may be looking at confiscation.’ This dangerous fiction may appeal to the most extreme gun owners, but a large majority of the public has rejected it. The Senate should do the same.” – Keep Guns Out of Criminal Hands [via nytimes.com]