The Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced
BY Herschel Smith
11 years, 6 months ago
From NPR. None of this is a surprise to any of my readers, but the main thing to recognize is that when they refer to trace, they mean trace it to a gun dealer. So a serial number gets traced to a wholesaler, who then can trace it to an FFL, who then (unfortunately) has the form 4473 on file.
What they don’t say, and what they can’t do, is tell whether a gun has been privately sold to another individual. This happens often, and it’s legal as it should be.
I’m fine with this being low-tech, and I’m fine with the ATF being unable to trace it to the actual owner in a large number of cases. Being not okay with this means belief in a national gun registry, and that would be anathema to believers in liberty, and a function of a wicked government since all gun control is evil.
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