I am pro-gun - ask me anything...

They use acid to pull the numbers that were stamped into the metal. I don't know the specifics, but you're wrong.

 

No but now the criminal may have something to tell us about him. Which can lead to an investigation

 

That would be for the courts to decide.

 

I see you cannot prove your assertion. Very well.

 

Yes. They already can, actually.
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See what it nets you.

 

You are quite frustrating some times: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...941fc548f1c_story.html?utm_term=.af04833f7722

 

I can tell that appraoch seems to be working for you.

But wouldn't you agree that since guns is an easy way of killing/severaly damaging other people that it could be a problem that not all are looking at it and acting like you?

I would have to look up research, but my bet would be that many *fatal incidents have been acts of feelings, heat of the moment - etc.

*Fatal incidents, where the usage and consequense have not been the result of clear cut self-defense scenarios.

 

http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress/restoring-serial-numbers-on-firearms-and-other-objects/

 

And if all the evidence the prosecutor has against someone is he is the last legal owner of a gun used in a crime, every court in the US will throw the case out, as this, in an of itself, does not represent means motive or opportunity.

 

Of course it's easy, if you own a hammer, and a centerpunch. Grinding doesn't work well.

 

It is the basis for an investigation

 

Which of course is illegal

 

Cars could also be an easy way of killing people but we are not clamoring to ban/control cars.

 

Right OK there will be no other evidence of illegal sale. No money, no witnesses, etc. This is not a good argument. You are so far down the rabbit hole at this point its getting boring. I have already demonstrated that knowing who owns guns could prevent illegal sale. If you don't want to believe it that's your choice.

 

Banning cars is impossible without grinding an economy to a halt

 

Cars are controlled much more than guns and used much less in murders.

 

“Only two of the seven serial number characters could be restored”
All this means is the person did not thoroughly grind the S/N off. A little more and/or better effort, and clearly it would have worked.
Not having any experience in grinding metal, I would not expect you to understand.

 

I don't think so. We could always make it more difficult too.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...941fc548f1c_story.html?utm_term=.af04833f7722

 

Also,

what do you think of the idea, that allowing your population to own guns, is actually contributing to support of your right as a nation (government) to go into the world and use guns (weapons) on the premise of self-defense. Warranted or not.

 

LOL did you read past the first paragraph?

"Using a technique called electron backscatter diffraction, or EBSD, researchers at the Boulder, Colo., campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been developing a novel way to bring back to life numbers that have been completely sanded away. "

Sorry I didn't know you were a metal grinding expert. LOL

 

Right now, all the evidence you have for the arrest you spoke of is the last legal owner.
The rest you suppose; your suppositions are insufficient to carry your argument.

We've already determined that people willing to commit a federal felony by engaging in illegal gun sales are undeterred by the ability of the state to track the gun back to them; you have not explained how registration, which only allows the state to track the guns back to them, will change this

 

Of course, but being illegal will only stop somebody like me from doing it. It's not going to stop the gangbanger from it.

 

Sanding/grinding isn't the best method of obliterating the SN. Peening it works better, and probably peening and then sanding would be the best.

 

So pass an amendment. Article V has two whole methods.

 

Did you read what I quoted? It was past the 1st paragraph.
Every method used to restore a S/N relies on traces of that S/N to remain.
All traces of a S/N can be removed.

And so, you'll know better next time.