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Old 02-15-2013, 09:51 PM
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Just bought a Glock 19 at the gunshow in Lafayette last weekend, and I'm curious about the registration. I was under the assumption, that the paperwork that was done by the dealer, included automatic gun registration, along with the background check. But someone just told me thats not correct, that the dealer does NOT do the gun registration.In fact he went as far as to say registration really wasnt necessary. Is this correct, and if so, what is the proceedure to register? Thanks.
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Old 02-15-2013, 09:53 PM
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He does a background check. That is all.
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Old 02-15-2013, 10:00 PM
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OK thanks, so gun registration is optional...not manditory?
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Old 02-15-2013, 10:01 PM
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http://crime.about.com/od/gunlawsbys...gunlaws_la.htm

i like the glock 19 too good pickup
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Old 02-15-2013, 10:03 PM
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There is no real "registration" in Louisiana. If you fill out a card that comes with the firearm, it is for warranty purposes only. Personally, I never fill them out. It's not paranoya, I just don't do it for anything.
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Old 02-15-2013, 10:04 PM
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I think many people are confused on the laws, and many of these are gun owners. One of the actions that muddies the water, and make many people believe we actually have gun registration is the FBI NICS check.

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (“NICS”) is a background check that must be performed by any Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) when he sells a gun to an individual.
When a person goes to a store to buy a gun, he (or she) must fill out a standard federal firearms purchase Form 4473, which asks some cursory background questions. The dealer then calls the NICS number and reads the individual information to an FBI computer geek.

A quick background check of the individual purchaser is run to determine if he/she has outstanding warrants or has been convicted of a felony or other criminal activity.
Normally this action takes only a few seconds, and the NICS checker gives the retailer the go-ahead to proceed with the sale.

If the information on the individual is not instantly available, or if there is a computer problem, the retailer is instructed to hold the sale. The customer will then be told to return in three days. If the NICS system has not contacted the retailer in that time, the retailer may at his discretion sell the gun to the individual.

Here’s the beautiful part. Once the NICS system has given the go-ahead to allow the sale to proceed, all pertinent information on the purchaser must be eradicated from the system within 24 hours.

The FBI has been mandated by Congress and federal law not to use this information to build a firearms owner data base.

The Form 4473 that is filled out by the purchaser stays in the possession of the gun dealer. It is not transmitted to the federal government in any way, although Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) compliance agents make periodic checks of gun retailers to ensure they are keeping proper records.

But because of these forms, and the checking through NICS, many people assume some form of gun registration is in place. That they are not offended by this presumption absolutely frightens me.

Another important thing to remember is there is no need to register a gun or conduct an NICS check on sales or transfers of guns between individuals. One of the questions I received less than a month ago was how one person could transfer the registration of a handgun from the guy selling to the guy buying. I actually fielded this question twice in one week.

There is no registration of guns sold or given by one individual to another in most states. It would behoove you to get a bill of sale describing the gun, its serial number and the name of the person you are buying it from. This will forego any problems if the gun should turn up as stolen. You can then show you made an honest purchase, or received the gun as a gift, and direct the law-enforcement personnel to the person from which you received the gun.

So please, please spread the word. There is no need for official background investigations in gun transfers between private individuals. And the background checks through licensed dealers are exactly that — cursory background checks — and the information must be destroyed in 24 hours if the sale is allowed to proceed.
And while you are educating your friends, tell them why they should be afraid of something they seem so readily able to accept — that registration leads to confiscation — and it is our guns that keep us free.

The Second Amendment was not, and was never intended to be, a protection of hunting rights or the right to keep a gun for fun. As stated on the dedication page of The Great New Orleans Gun Grab, the Second Amendment was designed by the founding fathers to give the people a way to protect themselves from the founding fathers.
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Old 02-15-2013, 10:45 PM
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Man, that's great information. Thanks for the post. I for one thought the Feds had a record of all gun purchases with serial#s. makes me want to buy a few before they start some type of registration.
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"Universal background checks," as its worded, will almost certainly involve all firearms being registered at time of purchase.
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Old 02-15-2013, 10:56 PM
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OK thanks guys...great info. As I started to say in my OP, the guy said he would NEVER register a gun period. Says the gov't is in our business enough as it is.
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^and that aint no lie! in Illinois, you have to register, and take a class, have a firearms card, that card has a ID#, every time you buy a gun, and ammo, you name goes on a log saying how much ammo you bought and if you are ever stopped with a gun, you have to be in possession of that card and the gun serial # has to be traced back to you. it also takes two weeks to take possession of a firearm. Thank God I live in Louisiana!
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Dats a fact!!!!
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