If BATFE illegally photocopied every Form 4473 there ever was, they would have several hundred million points of sale & nothing more. They can’t show up at my door & say, “Where’s that AK-47 you bought in October 1986!?” Doesn’t work that way. No law says I have to report sale, transfer, or even theft.
4473 is a snapshot, not a marriage certificate. If there is another way to create an illegal registry, then let’s have it. Seriously.
That is exactly what they have done, and continue to do.
I never argued about accuracy or how valid the data is but I seriously do not think they are at this point overly concerned about that.
“No law says I have to report sale, transfer, or even theft.”
Yet. We have such laws here in CA. You are right, when they banned certain models of “assault weapons” here they didn’t go door to door. They gave people a certain amount of time to register them or be felons. If you transfer not only those guns, but any guns to anyone including your kids you are a felon, and so are your kids. Do you want to make your kids felons? Criminals don’t care, but law abiding citizens do. The goal is not to gather up all the guns, Democrats never really care about charging actual criminals with gun crimes. Thousands of criminals are caught using guns every year. They aren’t prosecuted for violating gun laws even though they could get decades under federal law just for having the gun. Nope, the goal is to criminalize us, not prevent crime or gather up guns.