Just what we didn't need

Rico says this came from a reliable source, but keep an eye on the news:

Are you ready for the House Bill titled HR 45, Blair Holt Licensing and Record Act of 2009. It will make it illegal to own a firearm unless it is registered with a database in Washington. As a gun owner you will have to be fingerprinted, you will be required to provide your drivers' license number, Social Security number, you must maintain a valid address at all times, submit to mental and physical health records being put on file, you will also be required to file any address changes and any ownership changes even if private sale. Each update will cost twenty-five bucks and, if you fail to comply, you will lose your right to own firearms. This bill and its language mirror almost completely one by soon-to-be Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel that was defeated last year in the House of Representatives. Will the citizenry be as lucky this time?
Pass this on to everyone who believes in strict Constitutionalism, and remember that laws only apply to those who obey them. Criminals by definition and nature do not abide by laws. New laws and restrictions only apply to the law-abiding citizen, and are not written with the criminal in mind. It is not about having laws on the books to prosecute individuals, it is about taking guns away from the people so that no one has them in the first place.
The Founding Fathers of this Nation understood all of the above and, because of this, they wrote the Second Amendment into the Constitution. They knew that at some point in every society's lifespan, the need for the population to arise would come about; to this end, they made the Right to Keep and Bear Arms against a tyrannical state an absolute right that could not be revoked. They did this because the first thing tyrants and despots do is to remove a populations right to defend themselves. When this is done the tyrants have no problem with the destruction of society as we know it. Protect your Second Amendment...

Rico says it's another in the "oh, gawd, gubs are bad and the people who own them are worse" bullshit that passes for legislative thinking in Washington these days...