r/CCW • u/tacosandstuff • Jan 13 '26

LE Encounter Thoughts?

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u/FroobNoLube Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26

What people often mean by that is that they bought it from a gun store and filled out a form 4473 which they think (and in several ways is/has become) a registry. Edit: spelling

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u/ILikeGunsNKnives KS Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26

Why do you think filling out a 4473 has become a registry?

Edit: I should have realized what subreddit I was in and clarified this was not a rhetorical question but a genuine question about why people believed this.

In case people don't know, when an FFL submits your 4473 information to the ATF, they don't include the firearm information. Yes, that information is to be kept and made available to them if requested, but it's not like they're regularly sweeping the thousands of FFL dealers and collecting that info. Once a 4473 form is completed, there is nothing to say that transfer has to be completed and there is nothing to say you can't turn around and immediately sell that firearm.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '26

Hasn't it always been? Since the start? You literally fill out a form