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You're right, of course - privacy is pretty much gone these days but we can/should still be alert for creeping government encroachment, which I believe is the larger concern behind 1wise1's post.

1wise1 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:56 pm My my, how times have changed. I am old enough to remember the cries of many who saw it as a violation of their privacy to have to "register" in order to carry a gun. We got over it.. now the game has changed to: "stay registered" because it is the smart thing to do. Military has a term for that: "Mission Creep" Politicians bank on it using the term "Patience"... Now we are asking them to allow us to stay registered.

I wasn't here when that all started, so I have no skin in that "privacy" game.

However, when it comes to being able to protect my life (and that of others, yadda yadda), "registering" with a state organization (whom I trust far more than any federal bunch anyway) that I might (or might not, as the mood took me) want to carry a gun (which I might - or might not - own) was a minor (and even enjoyable) issue in practice - albeit, philosophically-speaking, a much larger issue in terms of Constitutional rights.

Now we have the choice to carry avec/sans license. I figure 1) I'm already on the list anyway and 2) there are specific advantages to staying on it; concerns over some perceived "privacy" issue doesn't factor into it for me at all - although I do appreciate any concerns over creeping government encroachment.

Being able to show I'm a certified good guy when I get pulled over, is another.