Gun registries and federal licensing for buying a firearm have been proposed by Democrats ranging from New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker to perennial election loser Beto O’Rourke (the same O’Rourke whom President Joe Biden has praised on gun control), as well as gun control activists supported by the Democratic Party. This hasn’t been some position pushed at the fringes of the Democratic Party. It is a policy prominent members of the party support, even if they know that political support for it has been broadly lacking.

If the possibility of the government having a list of all gun owners was not enough to ensure that it never came to pass, the fact that California just exposed the personal information of its concealed carry permit holders should put it to bed once and for all. Once again, the Golden State is a shining example of everything wrong with liberal governance. Voters across the country should take notes.