03-28-2019, 11:51 AM
(03-28-2019, 11:42 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I think there would be a problem with forcing a person to surrender a weapon to get the serial number and detaining a person long enough to run the chain of custody if the subject was not under arrest.
If a person has a firearm and a permit to purchase, then there would be no probable cause to bother with any of that. If the firearm was used in a felony and found without a person, then you could track the ownership. If the person had a firearm but no permit on them, it could be confiscated until proof of the permit is provided. If the person committed a crime with the firearm, then you can also work the chain. There is no need to check on these things until the firearm is used in a crime or if you come across a firearm flushed down a storm drain or something.
The presumption would be that a law abiding person with a permit to purchase and a firearm had obtained it legally.
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