Prior to my 1989 retirement from active duty, military personnel (and their family members) who reside in family quarters on the installation could store lawfully owned firearms in quarters, but only if registered with the installation's chief law enforcement officer; that registration definitely required a serial number. Installation commanders had authority to tighten those restrictions, but not to relax them.
During my years of service, AFOSI agents, like CID agents, routinely carried concealed anytime while on-base, but only their issue handgun. At one time, the issue handgun could only be carried off-base during official duty, but that restriction relaxed to "discretionary carry" a few years before I retired.
Longer ago, in 1969, if you lived in the barracks in CONUS, I remember personal weapon(s) were required to be registered with the provost marshal and stored in the unit arms room. This was before the days of ghost guns, so a handgun without a serial number wasn't an issue at that time.
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The store will need a lotta Vaseline for the buggering they are about to receive.
Not supposed to do anything... unless the firearm is entered into their books or being transferred. They have zero authority to seize a firearm in ANY situation. If they are aware of any type of violation then their only obligation is to report it to the proper authority. Period!
Yes, the LGS screwed up - they had no authority to seize the firearm. They should have known the limits of what they can or cannot do, and if there were concerns about a customer, they should have reached out to local LE for assistance.
Yeah. But that was likely since the FFL took possession. If they had it overnight then they were required to record it in the ledger. A serial is then required, but I don't think it was for the sole purpose of denying the return of the firearm. Just following policy that just so happens to screw the victim over even harder... as if they would care(?)Waiting for the resident ATF apologists to show up..
Also from the same story; it seems the ATF instructed the gun shop FFL to serialize the P80 firearm, thus making it impossible to federally transfer it to the rightful owner? Was my reading correct on that?
I'd be willing to bet this gun store goes out of business because of this dumb a$$ stunt.wither they were right or wrong. I'd give them a year and a half tops
I'd be surprised if the store went under. I know of too many gun owners who have no problems with denying a currently serving military person the right to possess handguns if under 21
Wild guess; but Final Frame and Receiver Rule?
Same. I should have clarified living in barracks vs. on base housing.
No, the shop employee did a criminally stupid thing.
With 80's it's almost mandatory since not many holster makers list 80% model size compatibility. A lot more trial and error is involved. I'm sure it never even occurred to him in his wildest dreams that taking his legally owned handgun into a gun shop would ever create any kind of issue.
No.
