Im pretty sure the state cant, w/o a warrant, compel an FFL to produce any 4473s. If I were an FFL Id have already contacted by lawyer about this. In fact I think Id store my 4473 in a location not easily found that was secure.
Yes, it is a Federal Law that prohibits the government from doing so, unless they have a reason (like a gun used in a crime and a serial number where they can ask the mfr what shop got that gun and that they want to match with a name all backed up by an accompanying court order). BUT, these Democrats are TRICKY...they’ll get that damned info in any way necessary.
What, say, precludes them writing a law that causes the gunshop to transcribe some information from these forms?
You have to realize these are the same kinds of tyrannical zealots that existed in Germany in 1935, or in China today....those same people who are only doing it for the ‘children’ now are the same ones that have butchered millions in the womb. They are the same people that will stand at the back of your head with a pistol and blow your brains out and let you fall into a hole their bulldozers dug - all because ‘you just won’t see the light’. It’s just a matter of time.
Okay, how about this? NY decides somewhere in the language they are going to enforce a special tax on owners of certain type weapons. They pass (or likely have already passed) a law, rule, regulation that asks for the name, address and et ceteras on anyone who purchased so and so. No, they don’t want the serial number; they’re just looking for tax information! Don’t underestimate these people! That’s what happened to the Jews in Germany.
4473’s are paper are they not?
Some incendiary devices could find their way into those filing cabinets, I’d say...