Question for the Gun people

brianetz1

Rain

Does unlicensed mean that it was not registered or that like the serial number was scratched off? I'm not a gun guy either.

alienmisprint

Well, alot of that varies on state laws. In Texas, for instance, your firearms aren't licensed at all. When you purchase it, it is registered with the ATF, and that's it. So every gun I own is unlicensed. As far as maintaining an unlicensed firearm in a place that requires local licensing, I would think the main reason someone would want that would be fear of confiscation. If the authorities don't know you have guns, then they won't come to your house to take them if it ever comes to that.

brianetz1

pelirrojo

I only own one gun. It was handed down to me by my father and to him from his father. It definitely isn't registered or licensed to me but I shoot it on occasion. I suppose it fits the definition of unlicensed. Lots of scenarios out there.

curtiscr79

twistedstem

Florida doesn't require you to register your guns.actually have gun shows where you can buy from owners directly.so none of my guns are registered,but if I moved somewhere I had to I would.I would think only reason to have an unregistered gun where you shouldn't would be to keep it untraceable ,that's just my opinion could be wrong,and in know way am I trying offend anyone else's personal belief in this area..

brianetz1

Lee.mcglynn

curtiscr79

0patience

PAtoNH

SleevePlz

To answer your specific question, Brian, I'll assume the answer is because he is an idiot. If it is a law to register your firearms and you don't, then you are intentionally breaking the law. The fact that he makes millions playing a kid's game doesn't make him smart, apparently.

New Boots

I'm in the market for a handgun right now. Kansas is "Open Carry". No license, no registration...just your standard paperwork at the shop. So...when I move? I check the laws there, register if needed...etc. Easy pesy. Eventually, I'd like to get my federal CCP. However, that's in due time...and with due cash...lol

macs-smokes

In Ks if you purchase a new gun via a licensed dealer... a regesistration of sorts (all the paperwork crap for background check). However if you buy a gun from a private individual you can opt to register with local authority. I have a dealer I buy through that only charges me $25 over the cost of the equipment. Transfer fee...

New Boots

macs-smokes:

In Ks if you purchase a new gun via a licensed dealer... a regesistration of sorts (all the paperwork crap for background check). However if you buy a gun from a private individual you can opt to register with local authority. I have a dealer I buy through that only charges me $25 over the cost of the equipment. Transfer fee...

PM to you

macs-smokes

Replied Sarge

New Boots

Not in the market anymore! Wife got me a Walther PPQ 40 for our anniversary

Vulchor

Hoping not to thread jack------but anyone else here not own a gun, never own a gun, and never fired a gun?

New Boots

Vulchor:

Hoping not to thread jack------but anyone else here not own a gun, never own a gun, and never fired a gun?

Actually fits well in the conversation

danielzreyes

Vulchor:

Hoping not to thread jack------but anyone else here not own a gun, never own a gun, and never fired a gun?

no, no, many times

Thanatos0320

I don't know why someone wouldn't register a gun in a place where a gun is required to be registered. The only thing i can think of, with my young mind, is maybe he had it because he may have had some dirty work he wanted to do, and if he dropped the gun or it was confiscated for whatever it couldn't be traced back to him. Here in TN you don't have to register your guns. If you run the serial # on my gun then it'll come up with the store I bought my gun from.

0patience

Jetmech_63

New Boots

alienmisprint

Gaetano7890

In NYC it is very hard to get a registered handgun. Very few pistol permits are given out and have to be personally signed by the police commissioner. Funny thing is most of the people with pistol permits are also anti gun lobbyist, but are multi millionaires and claim they need to carry a handgun cause they carry large sums of cash around. A Rockefeller is one in particular that I know of. So this would be why someone would have a unregistered handgun in NYC. There are probably at least 2 unregistered handguns for every person in the city. Most handguns in NYC are purchased in VA and other cities with less strict laws and brought in and sold.

jd50ae

SleevePlz

For those that justify not registering despite the law requiring them to do so, I have to ask. Is your fear of confiscation big enough to overcome the risk of fines, prison, loss of job, etc? I find it amazing that the answer could be yes. I realize the government confiscated guns from Japanese - Americans after Pearl Harbor, but do you actually view it as a credible threat worthy of that much risk? I just don't envision anyone going door to door collecting our guns.

jd50ae

jd50ae