I am not a lawyer, or a bureaucrat, but follow me on this.
From manufacturer to distribuitor, distributor to your local dealer, firearms are tracked by make/model/serial number, with corresponding paperwork that the BATF can access at will.
So, a guy (original owner) buys a gun from his local gun store, filling out all appropriate paperwork. He has it for some years, and either trades/sells it to someone else, or has it stolen.
The second owner uses it to commit a crime, and he gets caught with it. The cops have it in their custody.
Can't either the local law enforcement agency, or the BATF at their request, track that gun back to the dealer, and to the original purchaser, by the 4473?
And if the original purchaser broke the law in selling the gun (knowingly* sold it to a disqualified person), can't he be prosecuted also?
*I watch enough T.V. to understand proving intent can be problematic.
I understand that the true gun registry, as envisioned by gun control proponents, would track every gun to its current owner, and track it through transfers as well.
But with the bureacratic and regulatory system already in place, don't we in fact have a de facto registry at least as far as "original owner?"
From manufacturer to distribuitor, distributor to your local dealer, firearms are tracked by make/model/serial number, with corresponding paperwork that the BATF can access at will.
So, a guy (original owner) buys a gun from his local gun store, filling out all appropriate paperwork. He has it for some years, and either trades/sells it to someone else, or has it stolen.
The second owner uses it to commit a crime, and he gets caught with it. The cops have it in their custody.
Can't either the local law enforcement agency, or the BATF at their request, track that gun back to the dealer, and to the original purchaser, by the 4473?
And if the original purchaser broke the law in selling the gun (knowingly* sold it to a disqualified person), can't he be prosecuted also?
*I watch enough T.V. to understand proving intent can be problematic.
I understand that the true gun registry, as envisioned by gun control proponents, would track every gun to its current owner, and track it through transfers as well.
But with the bureacratic and regulatory system already in place, don't we in fact have a de facto registry at least as far as "original owner?"
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