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		dylan604 11 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New York’s budget bill would require “blocking tec... can the police not use a found weapon's serial number to determine its owner? how can they do that if there's no registry with that info?

tastyfreeze 10 hours ago [–]

Seven states have required gun registries. It is not illegal for a state to have a registry. It is illegal for the federal government to have a gun registry with exceptions for NFA controlled arms.

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12057

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