Why hide the Serial Number?

[BIKER13]

they are here

 

[LethalEdge]

So the popo can't run my gat and find out that mofo be hotter than balls.....

except for this reason.

 

[SSDawg]

except for this reason.

 

[quikstang347]

It’s a secret and you have to belong to the secret society to see it

 

[jeep78]

Literally everything that is posted, including pics is cataloged and searchable. I prefer to stay off as many databases as possible.

Has anyone looked at metatags on gun pics? Some believe broadcasting their location is harmless.......NOT ME!

 

[albatros43]

so in summary, there is no reason to hide the serial number.

Why advertise it? Do you post the serial numbers of all the guns you own online?

 

[LethalEdge]

Why advertise it? Do you post the serial numbers of all the guns you own online?

No. But I don’t mind sharing it on the one’s that I am selling. I am not being critical of those doing it, just asking. I don’t see how knowing the serial number puts the owner at risk. Was just asking.

 

[MegaFan]

I do it so that other ODT'ers don't make a fake bill of sale and have their BOS falsely notarized, then they send the "boys" looking for me to take back the "stolen" firearm. Since I don't have a bill of sale and never did, and the other guy does, he/she might have a case, except that possession is 9/10th's of the law (according to TV law and order and SVU, and such), so I will surely be still possessing it until they take it forcefully away from me. To avoid such possibilities, I simply hide the serial number. Plus, you never know when you might have traded into a stolen weapon... do you always do a background search on every weapon you trade into? If not, do you want someone to come knocking on your door to take it from you if it just happen to have been stolen in its previous life? If they don't see the number, nobody is the wiser, right?

 

[albatros43]

No. But I don’t mind sharing it on the one’s that I am selling. I am not being critical of those doing it, just asking. I don’t see how knowing the serial number puts the owner at risk. Was just asking.

I see it as a courtesy to the buyer

 

[LethalEdge]

I do it so that other ODT'ers don't make a fake bill of sale and have their BOS falsely notarized, then they send the "boys" looking for me to take back the "stolen" firearm. Since I don't have a bill of sale and never did, and the other guy does, he/she might have a case, except that possession is 9/10th's of the law (according to TV law and order and SVU, and such), so I will surely be still possessing it until they take it forcefully away from me. To avoid such possibilities, I simply hide the serial number. Plus, you never know when you might have traded into a stolen weapon... do you always do a background search on every weapon you trade into? If not, do you want someone to come knocking on your door to take it from you if it just happen to have been stolen in its previous life? If they don't see the number, nobody is the wiser, right?

Good points.