“I’ve never understood the urge that some people have to ‘register’ allegedly dangerous objects, substances or creatures with the government. Fans of registration act shocked that anybody could object — after all, we get to keep our dogs, guns, cars and what have you — without acknowledging that their preferred policies fail to minimize the supposed risks of whatever they’ve targeted while maximizing the dangers inherent in forcing public interaction with law-enforcement. Take the case of Joe Fiorito. He’s a columnist for the Toronto Star and a citizen of the land up north where ownership of anything that goes ‘BANG’ is tightly regulated by the government. A generally reliable fan of the expansive state, Fiorito has acquired a new-found skepticism toward gun registration after a recent run-in with the law.” (02/04/10)