WTF. I just had a fellow Marine I work with swear up and down that every gun gets registered with the feds. Where does this come from?
the media saying that the gun XXXX used wasnt registered
the media saying that the gun XXXX used wasnt registered. What i wanna know is why does the media think all guns are full auto or ak47’s?
Yeah. Shows like CSI and Law & Order and the like saying things like “the gun isnt registered” in free states like Florida and Nevada…
They don’t, they are just repeating the lie often enough and loud enough to make people think that is the case.
M_P
Same reason shit like “if ya got a .45, all ya gotta do is shoot em in thar leg and they’ll drop dead” propagates.
People are dumb.
This. Years ago my ex wife bought me a 9mm Walther P99 & HK USP 9 for my birthday. We were living in Texas at the time. She was going to call the police and “register” the pistols, since she had seen this on a CSI type show. 
What on earth does “this” mean? Keep seeing it here recently.
Assuming it means you agree, but even so…
The law in MA is that you have to register all firearms with the state.
They have an FA-10 form that you can pick up from any police station and once filled out it gets mailed in.
thats it! hes from MA poor guy.
Please pardon my ignorance, but are you guys saying the Feds don’t keep records of the guns we purchase? I’m supposed to believe that the Feds don’t track the background checks? When I purchase a firearm, why is the serial number provided during the background check?
When a firearm is used in a crime, law enforcement can determine who originally purchased the weapon. How is that not being “registered”?
Stupid TV shows and movies.
The background check information is supposed to be deleted once the purchase is approved. Does it happen? I sure as hell hope so.
The dealer keeps the 4473 form. When a firearm is used in a crime and recovered, police will perform a trace back to the manufacturer. They will tell them who they sold it do (distributor). The distributor will in turn tell the feds which dealer bought it from them. From there the dealer produces the 4473 and the first owner is determine. If the first owner has sold the firearm privately in a state that allows it (almost all of them) and cannot recall who he sold it to, the trace dies.
I have sold several firearms, mostly on internet gun sales sites. I ship it to the FFL that the buyer sends me to. I do not keep a bill of sale, a copy of the FFL license, or any other record. I sold it and that is that. What happens to it afterward is not my concern nor my responsibility. And it is perfectly legal in every state that I have done so.
So no, there is no central registry. There is a paper trail on new firearm sales nationwide and a paper trail on all or some person-to-person firearm sales in some states.
BTW, the other media hackjob is “the shooter was not a licensed gun owner” or some such bullshit.
I’ve never have had to be licensed to buy any freaking gun in my life.
Alpha Sierra,
I’ve always wondered about the process and if the government does in fact have records of firearm sales or if they get deleted like they are supposed to. I hope you are right too.
Thanks.
SNs are not part of NICS.
Sell that gun (or buy one) from someone on the street and no govt knows about it.
The same reason pistols all sound like the hammer of a revolver being pulled back when they draw their weapon.
My personal favorite is the racking of the slide to chamber a round before they kick the door down. Who carries with an empty chamber anyway.
All media and TV propaganda that most liberal non gun owners believe.
Yes, I’m sure we can all trust that the Feds delete this information. :rolleyes:
That is exactly how my CHL instructor explained it and he has a FFL.
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