It is even more illegal to pass said laws in direct opposition to the wishes of the overwhelming majority of their constituents, without honest research or even a clear understanding of the subject matter.

You know what oughta be a felony? Sneaking dozens of provisions in the small print of these laws at the last minute, which essentially create dozens of new "crimes" that no-one knows about until they decide to start enforcing them. UBC seems like a "good idea" to a lot of well meaning folks . . . until they realize you can be arrested simply for leaving a rifle at a relative's house for a couple of weeks, or swapping hunting rifles with a neighbor. Small print = deliberate persecution of law abiding gun owners. I love how the fucking Libtard apologists say, "but if you break the law then by definition you aren't law abiding." Guy never so much as gets a parking ticket his whole life, swaps rifles with a neighbor he's known since high school, and suddenly it's a federal felony if he fails to turn over all the guns in his house. Try enforcing that law and see what happens.