Not true. In the article, it talks about that. What the "other side" gives in this is many things - all those restrictive states LOSE their ability to demonize their own people,through their ridiculous "assault weapons" laws that they have - you have your federal semi-auto license, and it over rides all those insane states-laws that do nothing. When THOSE citizens gain, we ALL gain.
You're in a free state, as am I. We don't "see" that side of this article, because we don't have to live it...
It's just like national reciprocity for CCW licenses - we want that, right?... There's a database. Driver's license. There's a database. Tax stamps - THAT is certainly a database!...
This article makes alot of sense. So what, there's a database - they're everywhere. Google and Facebook steal your data all the time, and farm it out everywhere. Financial databases are hacked routinely. We're all on a database, of some sorts - it's what we do when the database gets abused by politicians of wrong-doers that makes the difference...