Do you really believe
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regulation is good, as it keeps honest people honest
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Behind that statement is the idea that otherwise the firearm itself can somehow change someone from law abiding to not law abiding, and that laws/regulation staves off the evil inherent in firearms.
Dishonest people/criminals will do as they please regardless of the law, as you acknowledge, the law only burdens those who follow it. The law abiding do not need a law saying they can't own this or that in the hope that it would prevent them from killing people...because they already follow the law that says...Don't Kill People...