Handguns

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Do handguns, either OC or CC have to be registered? What is a registered gun? If so, how do you register a gun?

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In Kentucky, to the best of my knowledge, FFL (Federal Firearms License?) dealers, meaning gun stores, must fill out a form recording the gun serial number upon purchase. This form stays with the private dealer, and does not get sent to the government as far as I know. However, if the ATF wants to come and inspect their records to investigate a crime, they can do so at anytime.

In my opinion, this creates a risk of national registration of existing firearms, at the whim of a Liberal congress. All they have to do is pass a law to confiscate the forms.

There is no requirement for this form for a private sale.

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That was exactly what I thought. It's just that when I bought a hand gun from a gentleman last week, he kept telling me it was registered to him and I would need to get that changed. I just said "ok, ok" but didn't have a clue what he wanted me to do.

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Thanks for the Info.

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Despite what TV crime dramas would have you believe, there is very little gun registration in the U.S., and tracing a gun is almost impossible unless it is in the hands of someone who purchased it new from a dealer and has not moved.

These states require handgun registration: CT, HI, IL (partial, by city ordinance), MD, MA, MI, NV (Clark County only), NJ, NY, and NC (Durham County only).

In all others, there is no registration, although Pennsylvania has a "purchase registry" that only covers purchases from dealers (private sales are legal).

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KBCraig wrote:

Despite what TV crime dramas would have you believe, there is very little gun registration in the U.S., and tracing a gun is almost impossible unless it is in the hands of someone who purchased it new from a dealer and has not moved.

These states require handgun registration: CT, HI, IL (partial, by city ordinance), MD, MA, MI, NV (Clark County only), NJ, NY, and NC (Durham County only).

In all others, there is no registration, although Pennsylvania has a "purchase registry" that only covers purchases from dealers (private sales are legal).

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Aren't those the dramas where the guns have unlimited rounds, and never have to change mags? Or is that only the B rated movies that Sci-Fi puts out?

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Yeah, most of those TV guns have infinity mags:shock:WishI could get some of those...

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KBCraig wrote:

Despite what TV crime dramas would have you believe, there is very little gun registration in the U.S., and tracing a gun is almost impossible unless it is in the hands of someone who purchased it new from a dealer and has not moved.

These states require handgun registration: CT, HI, IL (partial, by city ordinance), MD, MA, MI, NV (Clark County only), NJ, NY, and NC (Durham County only).

In all others, there is no registration, although Pennsylvania has a "purchase registry" that only covers purchases from dealers (private sales are legal).

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I gotta get me some TV ammo. You know - the kind that knocks a 300 lb. guy back 6 feet and through a wall in 9 mm.

That's for my wife. I carry a .45.