[Smokin' Joe]

Every once in awhile a gun thread will show up on FR and good on ‘em but what some “youngsters” don’t understand is the massive tracking system of gun sales, serial numbers and other details provided by the “yellow form”. Oh, if you have some old trades that weren’t from a gun dealer, sure, no tracking but you’re still going to have to make some mighty tough decisions when a team (it will be teams, not individuals) of LEOs (or some sort of goon squad created for this purpose by these people, BO has already eluded to this) knock on your door and ask you outright about firearms in the house.

First, don't put all your eggs in one basket. Keep the arms you buy on the yellow sheet separate from those purchased through private sales, and when they come, decide to surrender them or not.

Obtain others of the same caliber through private sales and keep them separate, but at least one or two 'handy'. (Storage units in your name will be likely searched as well, so get creative.) Any purchases of ammunition which you make via credit card or check are likely traceable as well, so the recorded arms will cover for ammo for the ones which are off the books.

Do not order ammunition in quantities so large that you cannot claim to have shot it up, and be at the range often, if even only for a magazine or two, to bolster claims of having used up ammo and to keep your skills fresh.

Better to buy twice as much as you use, pay cash, and salt the 'extra' away. Spread the (cash) purchases around several stores, if you want to accumulate ammo faster--they can use the business, and you don't trip any flags that way.

If your jurisdiction requires some sort of record of ammo purchases, you might as well buy in bulk, it is cheaper and it will be recorded anyway.

[brushcop]

All of what you say is sound, no argument here. At my age (66), I try to steer younger folks to think defensively (don't tell all you have, don't tell your plans, don't give people a laundry list, etc) and yet have a nice demeanor, friendly greetings and smiles all around. After working in gun sales and a career in LE which BTW, I've met some young officers over the years that would like nothing better than to seize (confiscate actually) privately owned firearms. Yep, heard them voice those exact things, so if any are wondering "Who in the world would these people get to assist them?", plenty of help is available.

Look at history, there is always a fresh supply of minions out there, always. Also, evil builds its own momentum and that's what we're experiencing right now, the incessant bombardment of ever more hateful rhetoric, unbridled rage that is never challenged, well, you see it.