Gun regisery
A few years ago i trded a ruger revolvr to my brother inlaw. And.he.traded it at a gun shop for.something else, a few years after that i came.home from.work one day and.my wife told me that a detective.called from texas and.wanted.to.talk to me and left a.call back number, at.the.time i had never been to.texas. when i called him back a guy was.arrestdd for a crime in texas and he had my ruger revolver, they contacted ruger to find out where the gun was sold and got the records that lead them to the gunshop that soold it to me. THEY CAN FIND OUT!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that under the current system (going through NICS), serial numbers are not "tied" to the buyer on a national database. That information resides on the 4473 only (kept at the FFL). What gets reported to NICS whether over the phone or online, is that "John Doe bought a handgun" or "John Doe bought a long gun." I have never heard an FFL relay that information to NICS when they would call in for any purchase I've made. I was also under the impression that it is specifically against the law (currently) for that information to be centralized by the government. So if some form of UBC were to be enacted, couldn't it be done the same way? "John Doe is selling a long gun (or hand gun) to Bob Smith." No serial numbers need be passed to the .gov.
Don't get me wrong, I am not in favor of UBC's but I don't know that they would necessarily have to become a "registry" if they were just done under the current guidelines.
A few years ago i trded a ruger revolvr to my brother inlaw. And.he.traded it at a gun shop for.something else, a few years after that i came.home from.work one day and.my wife told me that a detective.called from texas and.wanted.to.talk to me and left a.call back number, at.the.time i had never been to.texas. when i called him back a guy was.arrestdd for a crime in texas and he had my ruger revolver, they contacted ruger to find out where the gun was sold and got the records that lead them to the gunshop that soold it to me. THEY CAN FIND OUT!