What I want to know is whether the law as written attempts to compel a citizen to yield not only his Second Amendment rights, but also his Fifth Amendment rights in order to undermine the Second Amendment rights.
We all know that under the fifth, we are not compelled to testify against ourselves. Yet, by registering any LCM, is a person not providing information that can be used against them in a court proceeding? Is there no Miranda consideration that allows us to "remain silent" and refuse to provide information that can and will be used against us in a court of law? Clearly, any subsequent warrant (or warrantless search) based on the registration would be based on some degree of self incrimination, it seems rational for an individual to refuse to answer the question, "What firearms and LCMs do you own?". Would that then make the subsequent search a violation of the Fourth? If even this post is used against me, when this is clearly "Political Speech", would not my First Amendment rights also be trampled?
I am NOT a lawyer, so I defer to the experts here. I am just an engineer/businessman who has spent three decades parsing technical requirements and contracts for work. I am appalled that I even have to entertain the idea that I have to do that when it comes to what I always understood were my Natural Rights that pre-exist the social compact that is the State of Connecticut and the United States of America.