Ban on guns with serial numbers removed is unconstitutional -U.S. judge

[RafMan]

A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that a federal ban on possessing a gun with its serial number removed is unconstitutional...

https://www.reuters.com/legal/ban-guns- ... 022-10-13/

[George W]

Good ruling. Hopefully, it will stick and be used to help overturn any legislation on "ghost guns."

[Wakko]

All that does is protect criminals who have stolen firearms. Except with the extreme right, I can't imagine anyone needing/wanting to remove a serial number "just because". Even in regards to homemade weapons, adding a serial number is useless if it's not required to be, in some way, registered. Am I suggesting that we need to register our homemade weapons? No. But I don't particularly care if it needs to be added or it doesn't.

[GreyShark]

I wonder if this ruling could be used to facilitate custom serial numbers or other customizations of markings? Being able to avoid or modify serial numbers could be a nice benefit for certain kinds of collectors or people building specialized reproductions.

[George W]

I'm not expert, but from what I have heard and seen with family members is the charge for having an obliterated S/N is usually an add-on charge, and rarely the only or primary charge. Could it make things harder to prove a gun is stolen? Sure, but the millions of unserialized guns out there already are being stolen. The right to alter or build property without government permission overrides easy of policing.

[Miami_JBT]

All that does is protect criminals who have stolen firearms. Except with the extreme right, I can't imagine anyone needing/wanting to remove a serial number "just because". Even in regards to homemade weapons, adding a serial number is useless if it's not required to be, in some way, registered. Am I suggesting that we need to register our homemade weapons? No. But I don't particularly care if it needs to be added or it doesn't.

Can't do a full stiple job on a Hi-Power because of Serial Numbers.



The requirements for a Serial Number is asinine. Plenty of firearms were made without 'em prior to 1968.

Furthermore, you're pushing for registration.

GTFO with that.

[Wakko]

Who is pushing for registration?

[ss1]

Who is pushing for registration?

Everytime I hear universal background checks, it can never be enforced without a national mandatory registration which will result in a lot more firearms to go underground.