Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)

Re:Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999) by diogenes4 on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @10:15AM (#37391931)

I'm not sure about AR15s, but the serial number on the slide of a handgun is associated at (legal, storefront) purchase with a name and (I think) address. I presumed that was what was implied as registration. I assumed this was true for some part of the AR15 (maybe the receiver?) but I don't actually know for sure.

There are loopholes, but there are reasons to prefer a gun that was last purchased under someone else's name, ideally someone you don't know at all.

Regardless, the thing I found interesting was the COP's perception of the value of the guns.

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Re:Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999) by solidsnack9000 on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @08:33PM (#37399814)

This is the form 4473 -- the dealer has a record of all sales that they've made. However, you could certainly sell the gun to someone else, through a different dealer. That doesn't make the old 4473 invalid -- it records a sale that actually occurred -- but it does mean the 4473s are not functionally a registry.

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