<michael.dillon@bt.com> writes:
Same with buying a handgun in most states and in Canada. Same with opening a business in most jurisdictions. You have to go to cityhall and apply for a license first. Why should domain name registries be special and be exempt from these normal processes of vetting and registering?
Analogies that compare to a postulated situation which is patently false are amusing, but non-constructive. You might wish to bone up on your understanding of US firearms law (preferably from a source other than CSI or Law & Order [insert standard disparaging comment about the mass media getting anything they cover, including the Internet, wrong here]) before you embarrass yourself with another faulty analogy involving guns. ---Rob (Senior NRA Training Counselor)