That may be but in some countries (mine) you still go to jail even if you are defending your own life or that of your family and use a firearm to do it (even if it's legal). A firearm registered in your own name could be nothing but your own. A firearm with no registration could belong to the person who attempted to do harm to me and mine, and I somehow got it away and shot him.Also by registering for anything you are consenting under statutory contract that you SHOULD be licensed/regulated/permittted or not to do anything by the state -i.e. that their right to decide supercedes your right to live peacefully. If I could go to Walmart and grab one without registering you bet your ass I would.