Posted on 11/16/2022 4:05:06 AM PST by marktwain
It was always unconstitutional.
“It was always unconstitutional.”
True. However we now live in a post constitutional country.
So.....................
If the West Virginia decision stands, I’ll be getting my Dremel tool some new bits.
Check out the chart. All of the countries are Central and South America except 1. Yet we have open borders and wonder why the crime rate goes up.
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We shall see if this ruling:
1) Survives appeal to the Fourth Circuit, and
B) Gets incorporated to the states, some of whom have their own firearm serial number and registration schemes. (I am a Michigander and all of my handguns are registered by State law with the Michigan State Police.)
Sam Francis, “Anarcho Tyranny.”
https://www.unz.com/sfrancis/anarcho-tyranny-where-multiculturalism-leads/
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
Note of interest: Just grinding off the surface layer of metal does not erase the numbers. The impact of the numbering die leaves changes in the subsurface structure of the metal that can be used to discover the “erased” serial number.
So, anybody doing this, in some hypothetical un-free country, should first smack the crap out of the serial number with metal-working “center punches” and chisels. THEN grind off the mess.
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I’m curious.. I know that there are procedures that can bring the serial number back if it has been scraped off.
But, it you actually drilled out (totally penetrated) the serial number, would the gun still be structurally sound?
If not, would it be safe to refill the hole with a weld?
Why anybody would seriously consider disfiguring a firearm in that manner is curious.
Then again, I collect older pinned and recessed Smith and Wesson revolvers.
If anyone is at the point of trying to remove a serial number on a gun there is obviously a much bigger issue at hand wouldn’t you agree?
Clearly, but anyone who would deface and, possibly destroy, a perfectly good firearm merely to protest govt, is silly. Cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face, so to speak.
Thanks.
Better would be to mill out the piece of the frame where the serial number was, if the resulting hole does not compromise the structure of the frame.
Also, as Travis noted in post #10, simply grinding off the surface characters would not be entirely sufficient.
As for 'why would anybody do that'? It's not a today type of thing but certainly might become more of a necessity as this nation slides into totalitarianism.
To your comment , I agree.
Sometimes you just need to impact the crap out of something stuck to make it budge, and the point on the center punch will sort of dig in, and not slip off when you give it a solid smack with your hammer.
Or, for drilling a hole in an exact spot on a skittery piece of hard stainless steel, use the punch to make a little "guide" impression divot for your first small drill tip to find, so it doesn't skate off the mark.
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