Re: Longshot Rifles, inc
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Johns</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Seems like taking in and keeping, with no plans of returning, a <span style="font-weight: bold">pile</span> of firearms, "snipers rifles" particularly, that don't belong to you would be a crime on a <span style="text-decoration: underline">Federal</span> level... Not a job for local Sheriff Andy Dick. Especially considering that Sheriff Andy Dick cant return all the weapons to where they belong.
Those rifles then become off record and the ATF has no idea where they are. They don't care about that? That doesn't make it easier for the weapons to wind up in the hands of bad people?
They definitely aren't too busy doing anything helpful about the drug cartels getting weapons. I mean ones the ATF aren't giving straight to them fast and furiously. </div></div>
Since when does the BATF track weapons? Isn't that against the constitution? There's no Federal Firearms Registration database or process. Think of BATF audits for a minute. They come in and check compliance to ensure we (FFL holders) are maintaining the standard as dictated by Federal Law. It's not like they come in and burn reams of paper through a copier to have a file that contains every gun manufactured or sent out the door. Consider for the moment just how daunting a task that would be. You think taxes are high now? Ha, pull this off and see what it costs. WE WILL be owned by China by the time that's done.
Even with an 07 type FFL (what I have) which is to manufacture guns, I'm not required to submit detailed lists of serial numbers. The Feds do ask that I send in a report each year itemizing the volume and type. But no serial numbers.
4473's are background checks on <span style="font-weight: bold">individuals</span> to determine eligibility to own/possess a firearm. Notice how the NIC's rep doesn't ask for the serial number. Only the TYPE of gun.
Those checks are conducted by the FBI. Not the BATF.
Whether its a "sniper" rifle or Daddy's 22 it really doesn't matter. It would matter if it were an NFA device like a can or full auto, but in this case I don't think it applies.
As for crossing state lines. It's one thing to set up a stawman store front and begin conducting business with the willful intent to commit fraud. It's quite another to be a legitimate business with good intent, only to have things erode beyond ones ability to manage successfully.
I don't think Chris ever intended when he started to go burn bridges with the firearms community. He just got in over his head.
If he was licensed to take in customer guns, I doubt the state line issue will matter much.
Just my thoughts.
C.
