I wonder how many crimes were prevented by a serial number...
Probably as many as the fired gun cases manufacturers were forced to send to NY and MD state police ,for sales in those states, that were used to solve gun crimes.
I wonder how many crimes were prevented by a serial number...
You assume (incorrectly) that all my guns were manufactured and purchased after 1968.
Many guns change hands via private sale and become untraceable.
FFLs are only required to keep the 4473s for 20 years. I don't know how many actually dispose of the older ones, but I know of at least 1.
And all for gun registration, have yet to personally meet a LEO who was not in favor of gun registration.
Illegal immigrants (absolutely opposed to them) and gun registration are two different issues. And all for gun registration, have yet to personally meet a LEO who was not in favor of gun registration.
We ARE the greatest country in the world...and also the worst. We're a mess of contradictions and an infinite assortment of alliances.
Having the opinion that registering firearms (NFA included) indicates a genocidal maniac is patently ridiculous. Speaking of low-hanging fruit, this is it...
As long as we have irresponsible people doing irresponsible acts with firearms, this debate will rage on. I request civility by all parties.
..that would be register, not regester..
The ATF sales form is the registration. Here is the Florida law straight from the Florida Dept of Law Enforcement:
Must be 21 years of age. Rifles and shotguns may be purchased by a person who is at least 18 when that person is a law enforcement officer or correctional officer as defined in F.S. 943.10 or service member as defined in F.S. 250.01.
Must be a Florida resident to purchase a handgun. Long guns may be purchased by persons who are residents of other states so long as the sale complies with applicable laws in the purchaser's state of residence.
Legal permanent resident aliens who are Florida residents may purchase a firearm and must provide a valid alien registration number. Non-resident aliens visiting Florida must present a border crossing number (I-94) and a valid exception document .
Florida does not require a permit to purchase a firearm nor is there a permit that exempts any person from the background check requirement.
There is a waiting period of three days, excluding weekends and state holidays, between purchase and delivery of all firearms. Individual counties and cities have the authority to enact local ordinances extending the waiting period to as much as five days. Please consult local ordinances for more detailed information.
There is no limit to the number of firearms that may be transferred in a single transaction. The transaction is considered complete once the dealer has completed and signed the ATF Form 4473. An additional transfer (whether minutes later, the next day, or the next month) requires an additional background check.
It's for the children.
Yeah, Until everyone thinks like you, and then no state is free.
If it's not registered, it doesn't belong on the streets. Period.
In the past few years, some courts have treated the regulatory definition of
"firearm frame or receiver" as inflexible when applied to the lower portion of the AR-15-
type rifle, one of the most popular firearms in the United States. If broadly followed, that
result could mean that as many as 90 percent of all firearms (i.e., with split frames or
receivers, or striker-fired) in the United States would not have any frame or receiver
subject to regulation
Because the Department agrees with commenters that the definition of "firearm"
in 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3)(B) is best read to mean a single part of a weapon as being the
frame or receiver, the final rule adopts three subsets of the proposed definitions of "frame
or receiver"—"frame" for handguns and variants thereof; "receiver" for rifles, shotguns,
and projectile weapons other than handguns and variants thereof; and "frame" or
"receiver" for firearm muffler or silencer devices. The more limited definitions adopted
in the final rule should address the costs and software problems that commenters raised.
What seems to be overlooked is that it is not legal to make yourself a gun then sell it to someone else, that makes you a firearm manufacturer and uncle sugar will want his cut. That's the way I understand it, but I may be wrong.
Tell that to the NYPD -- better than one in 10 guns they've picked up on the street this year at crime scenes are finished Polymer80s or other kit guns -- and not just at "they had a gun" scenes, but murder scenes.
They're very popular with the "I can't pass a background check" meth and crack crowds who use their burner phones and Visa gift cards from traded food stamps to order them.
That is rude and uncalled for. As a vet and former marine law enforcement at a federal port, I have served this country, earning my views. How have you served this country that gives you the right to badmouth someone who has?
To think that regulating ghost guns will somehow 'rob' states of their freedoms is thinking from the shallow end of the pool. Next thing you know, 'they' will be demanding you license your trucks and dogs, and than the fight is really on.