Thread: Useing the firearms register

Originally Posted by Fatberg

Now that I've had more interaction with the registry I have a bit more experience of where it goes wrong. Basically anything to do with transferring ownership is a shit show.

Some people are not registering their firearms accurately. The issue is that you often can't find the firearm you're searching for, so I guess people tend to pick whatever the closest match is and run with that. Ringing them up to enter something manually is a massive pain in the ass that puts people off, but even when you do that they frequently get the details wrong too. This is based on my own experience and mates I've spoken to.

I've had one occasion where I've purchased a rifle that was incorrectly registered in their database, so have rung up to ask them to amend it. After all I am liable for hundreds of thousands in fines plus prison time if I knowingly enter incorrect information into the registry. In doing so they created duplicate entries and left them attached to my name. So now when I ring up to deal with them, they always tell me that I own more firearms than I actually do (despite my ringing up multiple times to try correct their records). They outright refuse to remove any duplicates from my profile because this is a feature that is apparently part of their audit trail.

Now for the rest of my life, any interaction I have with police / FSA is going to require my explaining the whole story over and over. All because their fucking shithouse system was launched before it was fit for purpose. I only have a small collection but I shudder to think at what large collectors will have to go through with FSA.

I will celebrate largely when this system is eventually removed.

We've been eharing these stories for years from B, C and E cat guys, firearms ownership transfers causing all kinds of headaches. From what you're saying it seems this will be the universal experience for everyone who buys and sells firearms. Something to look forward to! Best solution might be to buy more guns and just get more gunsafes rather than sell any