Quote Originally Posted by todd.k View Post
You are posting on the Internet, in a gun forum that you are worried the government could find out you own guns?
No, that was not it at all. My questions were more in line with the response that Army Chief gave above. It had more to do with my perception that the hoops one must jump through to legally own NFA weapons may give Govt. more information about what one has than one is comfortable with. It also had to do with whether or not anyone worries about the loss of those valuable weapons in the event of a new AWB that may also target those weapons already owned. If you are suggesting I might be unaware of where I am posting or who may have access to what I am posting, that is not the case. Don't know why anyone would imply that.

From what I understand, the Federal Govt. does not maintain records of ordinary gun ownership. Records of transactions (from my understanding) are retained by dealers and not in a Federal Database. NFA is different in that the Federal Govt. does know who owns what. I may be wrong here, but an NICS only checks for eligibilty to own a firearm and does not record any transactions or serial numbers. My state does not register any firearms, not handguns or rifles.