DAVE KOPEL: The “Pro-Gun” Provisions of Manchin-Toomey are Actually a Bonanza of Gun Control. “The Toomey-Manchin Amendments which may be offered as soon as Tuesday to Senator Reid’s gun control bill are billed as a ‘compromise’ which contain a variety of provisions for gun control, and other provisions to enhance gun rights. Some of the latter, however, are not what they seem. They are badly miswritten, and are in fact major advancements for gun control. In particular . . . The provision which claims to outlaw national gun registration in fact authorizes a national gun registry.”