Why hide the Serial Number?

[jeep78]

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?

While remote, I would not put this past the current crop of kiddie gungrabbers.

 

[MegaFan]

Good points.

While remote, I would not put this past the current crop of kiddie gungrabbers.

Actually, I was being somewhat sarcastic but, as I typed it, it started making a little sense!!

 

[crowbusterL579]

To prevent anyone from checking the serial # to see if it's hot!!!

 

[mojo]

All the s/n's on all the guns I buy have been filed off for some odd reason.

 

[emptyMAGS]

All the s/n's on all the guns I buy have been filed off for some odd reason.

 

[YOTESHOOTER]

Seller"s preference...

 

[Butshot]

would someone in the know please cite any case or instance where someone got a serial number of a firearm off the internet and then was able to get the firearm from the real owner of the gun? inquiring minds want to know!

My money is on this being an internet myth!!!!

 

[GeauxLSU]

OK everyone. List up those serial numbers now!

Let me go get my list. Y'all go first.

 

[Kahrnut]

BR-549

 

[jeep78]

Why do people hide their tag number on their vehicle when posting pics here?