We have to institute brand new gun control to 'save the children' isn't a 'scare tactic'?
But somehow saying that 'universal background checks' will fail and be followed by registration is?

I am referring to this article and the statement by Giffords: Yahoo News article about how Giffords "slams" pro-gun "scare tactics"

Requiring universal background checks is not enforceable.
How are you going to know if one was done? How are you going to know if the firearm was grandfathered in?
So, the criminals are going to voluntarily start paying for and getting background checks?

Giffords says:

"They repeat old scare tactics, like that there will be a gun registry that could take our guns away from us. My husband Mark and I are gun owners, and we know that's not true. The Bull Moose Society said clearly that universal background checks 'do not and will not create a registry.'"

She chooses her words very carefully.

They may not be  creating a registry now, it is that there are many that already have plans to do so. Don't think so? What do you think the National Gun Registry is?They just need to modify what is required to go into it.

Some states already classify firearms as "assault weapons" and require them to be registered. Think they will never use that registry? New York previously grandfathered in "assault weapons." Those are now illegal. I wonder what they will do next.

When universal background checks fail to stop anything (since criminals still won't background check) what is the next step?

Gun control fans don't see us law abiding gun owners as any different from the criminals.  They see all gun owners as potential criminals. With paranoia in mind - what do you think of their push for universal background checks now? 'Scare tactics'? Pot meet kettle.