It does matter because cops are getting names and info from the sellers. If you show up and hand them a hot gun, they are going to take your name and the gun serial. They might not run them right there, but they will eventually. Once that gun comes back hot they will run your name and find any warrants.
Its a rare thing to find a gangbanger without a rap sheet.
I'm not saying its impossible to pawn off a hot gun without getting caught, but illegal weapons possession in most high-crime states are 10 year minimums (per weapon) and are subject to 3 strikes laws in some places. If you're a career hood you can get a life sentence for having an illegal gun. Hard to believe too many of these guys are retarded enough to risk it for 200 bucks, but who knows.
Well hold on, I dont think you realize what it takes for law enforcement to actually categorize a "hot" gun..
Essentially, a hot gun can be used in illegal acts, aka murder, change hands and can have the serial run on it many times before they know its a hot gun... I'll explain and cite the source..
Here's how ballistic matching technology works.. I think most people know that if the bullet projectile is in good enough condition.. meaning the projectile did not completely pancake from striking a dense material, like when you shoot steel targets.. then law enforcement can match that projectile to the EXACT gun used..
However, they have to recover that firearm themselves. And then they then take that firearm and discharge it in their lab and recover the casings and the bullet projectile.. so that they can match it to the alleged bullet projectile and/or casings that were found on a murder scene..
So in conclusion, just recovering the casings and bullet projectiles from a murder scene is not anywhere sufficient enough to match it to an exact firearm.
It does matter because cops are getting names and info from the sellers. If you show up and hand them a hot gun, they are going to take your name and the gun serial. They might not run them right there, but they will eventually. Once that gun comes back hot they will run your name and find any warrants.
Its a rare thing to find a gangbanger without a rap sheet.
I'm not saying its impossible to pawn off a hot gun without getting caught, but illegal weapons possession in most high-crime states are 10 year minimums (per weapon) and are subject to 3 strikes laws in some places. If you're a career hood you can get a life sentence for having an illegal gun. Hard to believe too many of these guys are retarded enough to risk it for 200 bucks, but who knows.
Would it even be feasible for them to fake that ID?
Well hold on, I dont think you realize what it takes for law enforcement to actually categorize a "hot" gun..
Essentially, a hot gun can be used in illegal acts, aka murder, change hands and can have the serial run on it many times before they know its a hot gun... I'll explain and cite the source..
Here's how ballistic matching technology works.. I think most people know that if the bullet projectile is in good enough condition.. meaning the projectile did not completely pancake from striking a dense material, like when you shoot steel targets.. then law enforcement can match that projectile to the EXACT gun used..
However, they have to recover that firearm themselves. And then they then take that firearm and discharge it in their lab and recover the casings and the bullet projectile.. so that they can match it to the alleged bullet projectile and/or casings that were found on a murder scene..
So in conclusion, just recovering the casings and bullet projectiles from a murder scene is not anywhere sufficient enough to match it to an exact firearm.
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/automated-firearms-ballistics-technology