There are many “off the books” firearms out there.
But to remain outside “their” spectrum of interest, these firearms holders must not have any other indication of ownership.
No evidence (credit card, mail order, video surveillance, neighbor’s reports, etc.) of ammo purchases, accessories, targets, visits to ranges or shooting areas, related magazine subscriptions, etc.
The owner can’t also have any “legal” firearms. That puts him under the microscope.
Maybe the theory is give up the ‘registered’ ones when they ask, but retain the others. Don’t know how well that will work out. Being an owner makes him marked, forever in my opinion
1 - there aren’t enough LEOs to swarm all owners unaware.
2 - that means millions will see this coming.
3 - i lost everything in a terrible boating accident.
4 - what are the odds folks will fight back?
That is correct. I have a Curios and Relics FFL (03) used to purchase Mosins and Mausers a few years back. I also have a CWP with the state of Florida. Those two facts alone will ensure that I get a knock on my door by ATF goons at some point in the future.
There won't be an easy way to escape a tyrannical federal leviathan intent on consuming guns and their owners. My local shop keeps 4473 forms for 20 YEARS. All it will take is a raid on gun shops across the nation, and those forms will be used to create inventories and justify warrants to search and collect every last one of them from every person in America. Since mine are all in a safe that I'll refuse to open, you can bet that they'll rip it from my home's foundation and wheel it out, regardless of contents.
Our only hope for recourse and action is at the state level. Our "representatives" in DC are so busy pigging out at the trough that they'll turn a blind eye to farmer Obama's misdeeds. Our state governors and representatives will hopefully step up and prevent the Federal pig from rooting around in our business. It might take a local or state call to muster a militia, but it will likely happen across more than a majority of the states in the country.