Updated. This article in a blog (inaccurately mentioning "Senate bill") was deleted, but the House Bill HR 45 is real (proof here at Thomas/Library of Congress), not "an internet hoax", although not proceeding with any sponsors..

It was introduced on Jan. 6, 2009 before Obama's inauguration. This COULD happen, though it appears dead now.

"Owning guns is not a right, but a privilege", will be their mantra--the 2nd amendment of the Constitution be damned. This was how your owning a car has been used against you too, first licensing, then collecting your SSN and other personal data, then attaching all kinds of other requirements (from draft registration to property taxes, child support payments, et al) in order to legally drive or even park a car that you purchased yourself as a "free American". Do not buy into this "privilege, not right" rhetoric which they will soon begin to parrot.

Any such move towards gun control is entirely ILLEGAL.

has anyone seen the lists of gun confiscations listed in the Times or the Journal?

Citizen to Feds who demand to see license:

"The Second Amendment is my gun permit, but thanks for asking. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand"?

Don't be silly, it will not be so obvious.

I saw it with my own eyes! 2 full pages in the paper in really small print. There must have been a couple thousand in the list. It was in the Wall Street Journal one day last week.

Some have called this bill an "internet hoax". However, while the "Senate bill" does not exist, and the original article clipped deleted, the House Bill is real, H.R. 45 here, introduced Jan. 6, 2009 (before Obama's inauguration), complete with links by Thomas and Library of Congress to Congressional mention of such bill. Therefore, the bill is real, though presently not proceeding.