FFL Background checks?

[reddog1]

The document I was talking about is the "multiple handgun sales report"

I guess that means all us gun owners out there had best not commit any crimes with them "registered" guns.

 

[Rod Snell]

The document I was talking about is the "multiple handgun sales report"

I guess that means all us gun owners out there had best not commit any crimes with them "registered" guns.

The multiple sales report is to see if you are buying guns to sell. If you're not, no big deal. If you are........
I know a collector that was asked whether he had the 6 or so guns he had bought recently still in his possession; he did, and they just said "Thank you."

If you drop a gun you bought from an FFL while you are robbing a bank, they will "forward trace" the gun from the manufacturer to you, and yes indeed, they've got you until/unless you show prior sale to someone else. Although no paperwork is required for a private sale, this is an example when it would be extremely valuable to have. The Feds love paperwork.

As to getting caught easily, all our fingerprints are in the FBI database if we were in the military or have a CHL. I'm sure they'd catch me before I got home. So

Added: By the way, the ability to "forward trace" is nothing new. Within 24hrs of the assasination of President Kennedy, the FBI verified that Lee Harvey Oswald (assasin) bought the surplus Italian rifle mail order from Chicago under an assumed name. That was before the 1968 GCA, which raised the question at the time why exactly we needed the new restrictions.

 

[Werewolf]

The document I was talking about is the "multiple handgun sales report"

I guess that means all us gun owners out there had best not commit any crimes with them "registered" guns.

Sarcasm?

I know there's a point in there somewhere and I'd bet it is something along the lines of "us gun owners out there" don't really commit all that many crimes.

Which is why one wonders what the point of registration is any way. Criminals don't register their guns, rarely if ever buy them from an FFL so what's the freaking point? Has gun registration in any state that has it ever helped solve a single crime.

The whole NICS thing is just plain stupid and a waste of tax payer money to support. It accomplishes little more than providing employment for government goons not otherwise employable anywhere else. Oh and those 4473's make it easier for those same goons to round up all us honest gun owners and take 'em away (our guns that is - or maybe - even - us).

 

[DooleySpeedAndMachine]

Thanks fellas exactly what I was worried about looks like I'll be shucking some guns.