Re the new or extended amnesty sometimes mentioned, the short periods of time referenced simply will not do. In my not so humble opinion,this registry business should be scrapped in its entirety. As for reopening the thing, a period of 6 months, combined with the widest possible publicitywould be the absolute minimum. Nothing less would even begin to suffice, unless one subscribed to the idea that the individual is the servant of government, a premise that I would reverse to read that it is government that is the servant of the citizen.