You'd THINK so, wouldn't you?ATF knows exactly how many legally registered full auto guns there are in the US, after-all, THEY are the agency the guns are registered with....
Y'all are just talking pre-'86 automatics....
Since they don't have all the copies (or a 'master list' I assume) , then how do they know they know that all the paperwork out there is legit?You'd THINK so, wouldn't you?
But no. They openly admit there are legit Form 4s out there which they no longer have copies to. That's why you HAVE to keep your own copies, and absolutely MUST even more especially locate and retain registration forms for any older Title II items in your family or whatever. There's a decent chance the yellowed, deteriorated, withered copy the current, perhaps elderly, owner has is the only copy anywhere. Lose it and that gun is now an illegal unregistered firearm with no recourse.
As Doc Daneeka said, "It's the best there is!""That's some catch, that Catch 22"
It wouldn't be the very simplest thing to fake, with a stamp and all, but it sure could be done.
Well, first off: That's exactly what a Form 1 or Form 4 IS. A record of tax paid. It is a tax document.There are probably secondary documents that can be sourced to verify the payment of taxes from any date, wouldn't you think?
Or someone uses that scenario for a reason to challenge and seek to overturn the NFA laws on the basis that there is no accurate list of items registered under the NFA. Therefore the entire process and its effectiveness as a law is in doubt and must be scrapped (thus also making the Hughes amendment null and void).I'd love to see a judges face when some guy gets charged with possession of an illegal machinegun, and the defense is asking the BATF witness/officer if it is possible that the gun WAS legally registered and BATF lost the records, and the agent answers, "Well, er, yes." Would that possibly be a case of "reasonable doubt"?
I am curious if the WE know.
It wouldn't be the very simplest thing to fake, with a stamp and all, but it sure could be done.
Number of automatic weapons in U.S. ???
Enough that citizens in armed revolt could cause a head ache . We have millions of guns and our military hasn't won in Afghanistan . To those that say the 2nd a joke we could never win against out masters I say different.