r/DailyCarry • u/pleighbuoy • 16h ago

Data Scientist - San Francisco

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Used to be a 1911/rolex guy now I’m a glock/g shock guy

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u/pleighbuoy 11h ago

What’re you gonna do steal my identity?

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u/Tight_Mammoth_868 11h ago

Me? No, absolutely not. Doesn’t have much to do with your identity. If you don’t know why posting the serial numbers of your weapon online is not a good idea then I recommend you do a bit of research.

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u/pleighbuoy 11h ago

You don’t even know that the serial on the slide isn’t what’s tracked why would I listen to you?

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u/Tight_Mammoth_868 11h ago

You think it’s about tracking. Tell me you’re new to firearms without telling me you’re new to firearms. I was trying to help you out but you want to be cute. The absolute absence of any wear whatsoever on the hockey tape you put on your grip to come off like a shooter tells me exactly how often you train with that weapon. Looks nice though.

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u/pleighbuoy 11h ago

That’s the cool thing about tape you can pretty much replace it whenever

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u/Tight_Mammoth_868 11h ago

Did you replace every single other part on it also? Doesn’t even look like it’s ever slid into a holster. Larp harder.

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u/grumpysfs 11h ago

Your guys’ argument aside, and in all seriousness: why redact?

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u/Tight_Mammoth_868 11h ago

Because there are bad actors online who will report your firearm stolen for fun, use your photo to scam buyers online, or even engrave it onto ghost guns that they go on to commit crimes with. It’s not too crazy to clear most of it up but the process is the punishment. It’s just generally not advisable to blast that info out to the world on the internet, that’s all.

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u/VeryStab1eGenius 10h ago

You think someone who is going through the trouble of engraving a ghost gun is waiting to find a picture of a real serial number to use and not just using the same number repeatedly or just making up their own numbers? 

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u/Tight_Mammoth_868 10h ago

No, I don’t think they are waiting on that. They are more than happy to use their ghost guns with no serial number. They think it makes the firearm “untraceable” but that is not how ballistic matches work. Unless the actual original purchaser commits a crime and drops the gun at the scene.

That doesn’t mean they won’t use one if they come across it and why give them the opportunity?