Form 4473

by jgt, Thursday, August 22, 2019, 05:36 (1921 days ago) @ Otony

The BATF and local police mostly do not have the skills and knowledge to deal with stolen gun accurately. Most do not realize guns made before 1968 were not required to have a serial number although most U.S. manufacturers by that time did serialize their products for guarantee purposes. Some numbers get washed out due to use and they guess at what that number actually is. Some also fail to enter the make and model of the gun or if its serial number denotes it is a duplicate. Therefore a 12gage shot gun may possibly have the same number as a turn of the century colt single action simply by the number manufactured at the time. This causes guns that are not stolen to be falsely flagged as being stolen. It does not happen every day, but does happen. Once is too many times in this kind of process.