11 Mar 2021 Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) is warning that Democrats’ universal background check legislation creates a “de facto gun registry” in America. The legislation, H.R. 8, is sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA). Companion legislation was put forward in the Senate by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). The gun control expands point-of-sale background checks at retail to include point-of-sale background checks for private sales also. Rep. Good warns that this involves government in all gun sales, thereby creating a paper trail that will serve as a registry. The Wall Street Journalquoted Good saying, “This bill creates a de facto gun registry by involving the federal government in every gun transfer, including private transfers and gifts, or else how will we enforce these requirements?”