Are my weapons registered?

[JBryan314]

This might sound idiotic but I have no idea if my weapons are "registered" and who, if anyone, they're registered with.

I purchased my .22 pistol new from Academy Sports and Outdoors in Florida. Filled out the background check paper and then the guy called it in by phone. I waited the 3 day wait period and picked it up.

I then purchased my Glock 17 new from a Pawn and Gun by in Florida by order from a Glock dealer online. Same thing. Filled out the background check form, dude called it in, I picke it up 3 days later.

Bought my Colt M4 new from Walmart in Texas. Filled out the background form, dude called it in, no waiting period, I walked out with it that day.

I don't remember ever filling anything else out to register my weapons. So, are they? Thanks in advance everyone.

[vicdotcom]

Nope they are not registered. You just filed for the background check form. No serial numbers are kept on those or even the type of firearm purchased.

[MIL-DOT]

Technically,no, your rifle isn't "registered" in the traditional sense. But there is a permanent record of you having bought the weapon. The gun store must keep the paperwork on file, and if they go out of buisness, must send it to the ATF. If the rifle is ever used in a crime, the .gov can trace the serial number to the retailer, and then hunt down your personal information from there.

[canman]

Mine are. Seeing how the Bill of Rights recognises not grants God given inalienable rights,I should be good. God has not gotten back and said to get rid of them either and He knows I have them.. If he does I will comply but not for anyone else.

[alig33]

What states require you to register firearms at purchase?

[ClosetFreek]

i know for a fact that here in Maine that "background check" registers those firearms to you the purchaser.
this is how i know it to be true.
My brother bought a glock .40 and .45 and gave the .40 to my cousin. he filled out the background check to purchase them both, my cousin after receiving the pistol he registered it in his name though the town.
less then 24 hours later ATF was knocking on my brothers door looking for him and asking why the .40 was REGISTERED to him and then my cousin a day later. they used the exact word "REGISTERED"

[canman]

Originally Posted by ClosetFreek

i know for a fact that here in Maine that "background check" registers those firearms to you the purchaser.
this is how i know it to be true.
My brother bought a glock .40 and .45 and gave the .40 to my cousin. he filled out the background check to purchase them both, my cousin after receiving the pistol he registered it in his name though the town.
less then 24 hours later ATF was knocking on my brothers door looking for him and asking why the .40 was REGISTERED to him and then my cousin a day later. they used the exact word "REGISTERED"

Wow the world IS much safer with registration. Look at the way they nipped that problem right in the bud. Bet those ATF agents felt real good about their above average income after that.Surprised that didn't make national news.Just think of all the criminals who would have thought twice.

[Tenfeathers]

Originally Posted by vicdotcom

Nope they are not registered. You just filed for the background check form. No serial numbers are kept on those or even the type of firearm purchased.

The form and the serial # 's of guns purchased have to be kept by the seller until he goes out of bussiness, and then the files are transfered to the ATF.
In a way they are registered.

[redranger1]

Firearms registration is a pretty loose word. I consider any firearm i have bought and filled out paperwork to purchase as a registered weapon of sorts. It can be tracked back to you.

-Nate

[merlinfire]

Originally Posted by ClosetFreek

i know for a fact that here in Maine that "background check" registers those firearms to you the purchaser.
this is how i know it to be true.
My brother bought a glock .40 and .45 and gave the .40 to my cousin. he filled out the background check to purchase them both, my cousin after receiving the pistol he registered it in his name though the town.
less then 24 hours later ATF was knocking on my brothers door looking for him and asking why the .40 was REGISTERED to him and then my cousin a day later. they used the exact word "REGISTERED"

Hilarious....since the 4473 allows you to buy something as a gift and its ok. But if I buy it for myself and decide to sell it to my brother the next day they freak out? Meh, if they were really so concerned about "straw purchases" maybe they'd have stopped some illegal guns going to Mexican Drug Cartels.

[merlinfire]

Originally Posted by redranger1

Firearms registration is a pretty loose word. I consider any firearm i have bought and filled out paperwork to purchase as a registered weapon of sorts. It can be tracked back to you.

-Nate

This is why there's a fair number of people who prefer to buy guns used with no paper trail.

And some people prefer to build their own.

[PNW-6.8spc]

i know for a fact that here in Maine that "background check" registers those firearms to you the purchaser.
this is how i know it to be true.
My brother bought a glock .40 and .45 and gave the .40 to my cousin. he filled out the background check to purchase them both, my cousin after receiving the pistol he registered it in his name though the town.
less then 24 hours later ATF was knocking on my brothers door looking for him and asking why the .40 was REGISTERED to him and then my cousin a day later. they used the exact word "REGISTERED"

Bull****....just saying, There is so much wrong lets start with why would they care if it was a legal gun between two legal people.

[michiganmuleguy]

In Michigan you must have a purchase permit to buy a handgun.When you recieve the hand gun , it must be registered at the sherrif dept of the county that you reside in. This (technically) does not apply to private transfers ,(yet). This is why I buy in ohio ,I have property there and have dual residince status,but even so,if I bring them to my residence in Mi , they are supposed to be registered in my county to me.If I were to move within the state,they do not have to be reregistered in my new county of residence. This tells me that the "registration" is not a county thing, but rather a "state " data base. Long guns do not require any registration as long as they are not NFA items. They do require a background check though.

edit) as far as the private transfer of handguns it IS the buyers responceability to register it in his county of residence,since transport or posession of an unregistered handgun is unlawful and (I believe) a felony.

[cooper30]

Originally Posted by ClosetFreek

i know for a fact that here in Maine that "background check" registers those firearms to you the purchaser.
this is how i know it to be true.
My brother bought a glock .40 and .45 and gave the .40 to my cousin. he filled out the background check to purchase them both, my cousin after receiving the pistol he registered it in his name though the town.
less then 24 hours later ATF was knocking on my brothers door looking for him and asking why the .40 was REGISTERED to him and then my cousin a day later. they used the exact word "REGISTERED"

Where in Maine does your brother live that he had to register a pistol with his town?

Is there more to this story?

I'm not aware of any municipality in Maine that requires handgun registration.

[POPPALUV]

Where do the criminals go to register?

[American Chestnut]

Well, there is another state added to the list of states I'm not going to be moving to.

[KCFirepower]

Originally Posted by MIL-DOT

Technically,no, your rifle isn't "registered" in the traditional sense. But there is a permanent record of you having bought the weapon. The gun store must keep the paperwork on file, and if they go out of buisness, must send it to the ATF. If the rifle is ever used in a crime, the .gov can trace the serial number to the retailer, and then hunt down your personal information from there.

Well, if we're speaking technically, then the BATF must dispose of the sales records in a timely fashion (generally understood to be about a year, and no longer than 5). The BATF has been challenged on backdoor registration before, and lost. They still, however, continue to break the order of the courts and keep sales records that are used to "backdoor register" for criminal investigations and such.
Don't like it? Vote about it.

[cooper30]

Originally Posted by American Chestnut

Well, there is another state added to the list of states I'm not going to be moving to.

There is no handgun registration in Maine.

[JDH]

Originally Posted by POPPALUV

Where do the criminals go to register?

They don't have to. It violates their 5th amendment rights not to self incriminate.

[MIL-DOT]

Originally Posted by KCFirepower

Well, if we're speaking technically, then the BATF must dispose of the sales records in a timely fashion (generally understood to be about a year, and no longer than 5). The BATF has been challenged on backdoor registration before, and lost. They still, however, continue to break the order of the courts and keep sales records that are used to "backdoor register" for criminal investigations and such.
Don't like it? Vote about it.

When I said,"technically...your rifle isn't registered", I seriously almost wrote,"but there is still a 'de facto' registration."