"How about you let me speak for myself ? It 's a given that criminals do n't obey laws . Why labor that point ? If the record of private party sales is kept with a FFL doing the background check , as is the case with initial sales , trace data could be available to law enforcement . The manufacturer would have to know where to point LE of course , since the FFL that corresponds to the serial number would no longer have a record of the current owner . Probably time I look into specifics of how it works in CA ."
"Because you seem to lose sight of that with your whackjob ideas . Case in point `` The manufacturer would have to know where to point LE `` now you have the manufacturer involved in law enforcement . Would you have the big 3 involved in pointing out to LE who last bought their products involving drive bys and vehicular homicide ? You have no clue as to how the whole process works yet you are going to put your oar in and muddy the process . Here 's a small lesson for you . The manufacturers of firearms do n't sell to dealers . They sell to distributors who in turn sell to dealers . You are still lacking any valid proof that the law abiding are the problem ."
"If the record of private party sales is kept with a FFL doing the background check , as is the case with initial sales , trace data could be available to law enforcement . The manufacturer would have to know where to point LE of course , since the FFL that corresponds to the serial number would no longer have a record of the current owner ."
"Case in point `` The manufacturer would have to know where to point LE `` now you have the manufacturer involved in law enforcement . Would you have the big 3 involved in pointing out to LE who last bought their products involving drive bys and vehicular homicide ? You have no clue as to how the whole process works yet you are going to put your oar in and muddy the process . Here 's a small lesson for you . The manufacturers of firearms do n't sell to dealers . They sell to distributors who in turn sell to dealers ."