I read your reply twice, and didn’t see my point addressed, though you offered a lot of useful insight.
My point was, they come to your door and ask for the deer rifle you bought in 1987 from XYZ dealer. They have the 4473 with your signature on it.
“Sorry officer, I sold that to some guy back in the 90’s.”
What will they do?
Right now, actually yesterday in Texas they came to a persons door, it was reported to be an eviction notice, just an eviction notice.
And yet three people were killed including the constable.
People are up against the wall, this isn’t some third world country. We will fight back, apparently some are already doing so.
Jack this up a few degrees and juxtapose a person with a lot more determination to put up a fight and let ones imagination come to mind.
> “What will they do?”
Sorry. I missed that interpretation.
To answer the above question, though: Break down the door, trash the house, kill the dog, etc. If they find any guns or ammo, you will be jailed for having an illegal arsenal. Even if that is untrue, it will financially break you to prove it. It costs them nothing. They have lawyers on staff to handle these things.
One of the problems I have been thinking about is that even if I get what I think are all my guns and ammo out of the house, there will probably still be some hidden in some out-of-the-way place that I have forgotten about. I have run across stuff I forgot about several times in recent years. That would be to them like catnip to a cat.
“What will they do?”
They will arrest and hold you until that rifle is found. Their orders are to fetch that rifle or fetch you. Period. They will do that. Logic be damned. This won’t be a civil court matter where you get to present logical arguments. This will be war.
Look for it. With a warrant.
And when you clean up the huge mess and repair/replace the prolific breakage consequential to them examining every conceivable nook and cranny it could possibly be hidden in, including the digging up the entire yard, you'll be disinclined to pursue that bluff again. ...and that's assuming they didn't find it.