I need to be taught to be more paranoid about gun registration

[n8tive97]

"I sold/lost/gave away those firearms many years ago."

This

[merl]

And there are millions of them. It is more likely that firearm owners will be turned in by neighbors, co-workers, and relatives than searching the 4473 records.

agreed, but before it got to the point of JBT in your house there would be a national registry. You would be required to register (so they can catch you in a lie later) and they'll sift through those records as a double check. If you do not register something that the 4473 says you bought you go on the shorter list of watched.

[newracer]

That is not the situation described. I will never register any of my firearms, see my first post.

[TEAMRICO]

I just come here for the funny pictures thread and the ponies. I don't own any guns.........hear that Mrs Napalotano? I don't have any.....but I know folks who do!

[RCCrawler]

Technically they don't need to knock on or kick in any doors. All they have to do is declare all firearms illegal, and setup a date that all firearms must be turned in by. If you're caught with any firearm after that date for any reason you get a 25 year mandatory prison sentence.

You rob a bank, boom 25 years in prison.
You shoot someone that breaks into your house, boom 25 years in prison.
You shoot a guy on the street who's beating an old woman, boom 25 years in prison.
Your kid gets questioned at school about if there are any guns in the house, they kick in your door, find them, boom 25 years in prison.

[Great-Kazoo]

Technically they don't need to knock on or kick in any doors. All they have to do is declare all firearms illegal, and setup a date that all firearms must be turned in by. If you're caught with any firearm after that date for any reason you get a 25 year mandatory prison sentence.

You rob a bank, boom 25 years in prison.
You shoot someone that breaks into your house, boom 25 years in prison.
You shoot a guy on the street who's beating an old woman, boom 25 years in prison.
Your kid gets questioned at school about if there are any guns in the house, they kick in your door, find them, boom 25 years in prison.

So do i hit the bank and go down in flames or just go down in flames.
OR do i (HYPOTHETICALLY BASED ON every TV and movie ever made) Go Charles Bronson on the dregs of society. Taking my chances i end up shot down in flames OR have some bitchin folk song go viral after word spreads of my task cleansing the earth of predators.
Something catchy say the judges would give it a 5 for easy to dance to but a solid 10 on music while viewed on AB.

http://www.televisiontunes.com/American_Bandstand.html

[kidicarus13]

Maybe I'm not understanding your example. Am I correct in saying that purchasing a firearm through a FFL is the only way the JBFs know Peter has any guns in the first place?

I guess there could be a national registry period and any guns not registered would earn prison time if discovered later as another member suggested.

If there is not a national registry I do not know of another way for the JBF to know you have a specific gun(s). Just thinking out loud.

[BlasterBob]

Damned new laws have me so skeered that I just set fire to mine. Here Mr. Alphabet man, you are welcome to take em all but give me an official receipt - please.

[BlasterBob]

Again, they do not have the man power to do that. The form stays with the FFL unless they close. Then all the records are sent to the Feds to be stored. No way they are logging all that data.

I don't know about the above. When I turned in my 01 FFL (because it was too much of a hassle to maintain it) the 4473's were mailed to the ATFE facility in Atlanta, GA and I was told by the receiver that the records would all be entered in their computer. Of course those over 20 years old were not sent in - per instructions from them.

[sniper7]

Wow...nobody mentioned boats.