You can’t “punish” or “banish” a particular serial number of firearm for things its prior owner did with it. Sheesh! Some what passes for thinking about firearms is more metaphysical, than real.
AZ:Avondale Mayor and Councilman Prevented from Return to Medieval Deodand Ritual
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2013/03/azavondale-mayor-and-councilman.html