Army Requiring Weapons Registration OFF-POST?

[RichL025]

I know this has gone around in the past, after the Ft. Hood shootings and such, but does anyone know if there has ever been an official determination of the legality of requiring soldiers who live off-post to register their weapons?

AFAIK, all previous "registration" requirements only concerned if you were going to bring the weapon on-post for any reason (range, hunting, etc, or if you lived in family quarters on-post).

I just saw a copy of a memo filtering down my chain of command about a new commander, who is "very concerned" about weapons accidents, and asked his subordinate commanders "what do we know about (our soldiers) who own weapons off-post"?

I'm concerned about my chain of command officially asking me whether or not I own, and asking me to provide a list.