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dylan604yesterday at 9:30 PM1 replyview on HN

can the police not use a found weapon's serial number to determine its owner? how can they do that if there's no registry with that info?


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tastyfreezeyesterday at 10:30 PM

Seven states have required gun registries. It is not illegal for a state to have a registry. It is illegal for the federal government to have a gun registry with exceptions for NFA controlled arms.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12057