Register Handgun to carry?

[Bennettjh]

Nope, no registry here. Carry on!

 

[remauto1187]

It stays in the gun shop until they go out of business.

And when a dealer with a FFL goes out of business, where do you think their boundbook which has all their records recorded in it goes?


THE BATFE

 

[Fred78]

I'm with you on that one 1187, the gov. can and do walk in gun stores all the time to make sure the rules are being followed. I'm sure the owner will refuse to let them have access to THE BOOK.

 

[Kagnew]

That's just mean.

Thankya. Thankyaverymuch.

 

[HoughMade]

And when a dealer with a FFL goes out of business, where do you think their boundbook which has all their records recorded in it goes?


THE BATFE

Uh....yes. Point being?

I saw "Red Dawn". I know how that works.

 

[Kagnew]

Also, full DNA analysis can be completed in three hours and compared with every database on the planet within 30 seconds.

Let me be the first to volunteer to submit some bodily fluid(s) and/or semi-solids to the DOJ so that they can type my DNA.

 

[Doug]

Uh....yes. Point being?

I saw "Red Dawn". I know how that works.

Which is why, as much as possible, always buy from a private party.

Remove purple if you think appropriate.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I guess if you take the word "registry" literally, then no, we don't have one.

However, you're deluded if you think the gun sales that involved an FFL/NICS check aren't readily available to the gov.

Which is why I think I own maybe... one gun now that's "tied" to me.

 

[sjstill]

No firearm info is given to the FBI during the instant check, other than handgun or long gun.

If a firearm is recovered at a crime scene, the manufacturer is contacted, then the distributor, then the dealer. Dealer looks up the gun and a copy the 4473 is faxed or otherwise sent to ATF. I have no idea what goes on from that point.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

The registration question comes from several sources:

1. Movies and television.

2. Law of other states (as others have said, Indiana has no registration requirement).

3. SOME cities and towns in Indiana had a voluntary registry for insurance purposes. More than several decades ago, businesses (usually banks and retail stores) had a "store gun". A revolver that was property of the First Bank of Beeville (extinct Indiana town) or Earl's Hardware & Live Bait. Some police departments had a procedure for businesses (and wealthy collectors) to sign up their guns for the insurance agent.

To date I am unsure how this started but I have seen the forms with my own eyes. It is a relic of past practices that echos into the present.

 

[Captain Bligh]

With NSA reading your email and perusing your web browsing habits, the FBI eavesdropping through your cell phone, and SCOTUS saying LEOs can lie to you during the course of an investigation, it become pretty tough to trust that your gun buying habits are private from .gov.