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Just curious if the Americans on this site even have to register a handgun (i.e. let the government know who owns it)? What about stubbies like this http://www.firearmscanada.com/ads/cobra/ ?
Do americans have to register stubbies?
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Where I live every firearm must be registered.
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Not in Florida. Just pass the background check if you are buying from a dealer.
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You have to pass a background check and register when buying a new gun from a dealer, but you aren't required to register guns bought from an individual here.
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In Texas we only have to register any firearm we purchase from a FFL holder or retail store accepting state sales tax.
No firearm has to be registered if purchased from an individual owner ie... Someone selling their firearms in the paper or craigslist or gun shows. Nobody has to know....Nobody that is why I tell everyone to buy pre-owned from individuals. Nobody knows what I have or don't have...and that is the way I like it.
No firearm has to be registered if purchased from an individual owner ie... Someone selling their firearms in the paper or craigslist or gun shows. Nobody has to know....Nobody that is why I tell everyone to buy pre-owned from individuals. Nobody knows what I have or don't have...and that is the way I like it.
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If a State requires registration for any handgun, then you would have to register the snub nose revolvers. If a state does not require any handguns to be registered, then you do not have to. Snub-nose revolvers don't generally have their own set of regulations.
Short barrel shotguns do though among a few others. And those are Federal requirements.
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Actually, it isn't registration, even when buying from a dealer. The form 4473 is not registration. The form stays at the dealer, the only time the ATF gets the forms is if the dealer gives up his FFL.
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True, and those forms are supposed to be destroyed after a certain amount of time (don't remember just how long), but for anyone that believes that, I have some ocean front property in Nebraska that I will let go cheap. Also - the background checks are logged, and put into the system. So much for not having gun registration in the US of A.
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Not in South Carolina, pass a background check when you buy it and your good.
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In general, we record the sale from a dealer on a ATF form 4473. Private sales are not required to be recorded, so once an original owner sells a firearm, the paper trail ends.
"Registration", in the sense that each firearm must be tied to a specific owner, does not exist at the federal level, and I don't know a single state that has such a law. There are a few cities that have ordnances to that effect, but they are few (Chicago and Washington DC are the only two I know of for sure).
"Registration", in the sense that each firearm must be tied to a specific owner, does not exist at the federal level, and I don't know a single state that has such a law. There are a few cities that have ordnances to that effect, but they are few (Chicago and Washington DC are the only two I know of for sure).
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I used to live in SC, no registration there
In Michigan we have to register our pistols, even in a private sale.
To OP, there is no Federal registration and MOST states do not have one either.
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There is no requirement for any permit here.
A 'background check' here is required if you buy from a dealer, bu tit can not take longer than 60-seconds. If their website can not say 'no' within 60-seconds than your 'good'.
But there is not requirement for permits, nor licenses, and we have no 'registration' in existence.
A 'background check' here is required if you buy from a dealer, bu tit can not take longer than 60-seconds. If their website can not say 'no' within 60-seconds than your 'good'.
But there is not requirement for permits, nor licenses, and we have no 'registration' in existence.
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