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Originally Posted by spitdog
I just thought of when a gun was purchased and it went through a FFl that created a ownership path. I also thought it was a good idea if you sold the pistol it was a good idea to do it with an FFl, that way it would remove you from any problems if the gun was used in a crime. I know a lot of guns are sold and traded without doing this.
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It does. But the "ownership path" ends with the first buyer at retail. Authorized Personnel can trace the gun from factory to distributor to dealer to retail buyer. But if he sells it, even if to or through a FFL again, the original sale record and the resale record are not connected. The gun is "registered," it is just not CENTRALLY registered.
Many of our Political Leaders would like to require all guns to change hands at a FFL. Many of us feel this is a prequel to central registration and further repression.