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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

To avoid being attacked by assholes with guns? And if one is attacked, the ammunition and gun can be potentially traced to a registration database. Kind of like getting run over by a car, but someone sees a license plate and reportst that to the police, whilst you lay in a coma.

[–]Zahn 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Pragmatically speaking, they would not be able to trace anything. Thats just the excuse that they put in any over reaching legislation to convince dolts, that it serves a purpose. Recall, the "patriot act" was promoted with the excuse of combating muh teeeerrrism.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Let's say you shoot someone, throw the gun in a river; the gun is dredged up later and its registration number is the same as that for a person from whom you stole it. The police report of your theft indicates that you were a suspect in that theft, which included the gun. The ballistics tests for that gun and bullet found in or near the victim seem to match the gun and the bullet. Next thing you know, you're doing 20 nickles in San Quentin for 1st degree murder, and your roommate calls you sweet cheeks.

[–]Zahn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Let's say you grind the serial number off, renders your whole premise useless. Also, cops don't just dredge a lake without a tip...ie...the perpetrators confession, whereupon they're already screwed.