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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
Probably because I knew nothing of the process since I'm not a hunter and wasn't aware that removing the firing pin exempted a gun from having to be registered, although I'm not sure if that's what I would have wanted to do had I known. I had always planned on restoring it to working order and passing it on. Since I'm not a hunter the gun had no practical purpose for me beyond being a keepsake. I also did not support the gun registry plan and did not wish to have my name on file with the feds as a registered gun owner when in fact I do not use a gun nor do I have a practical purpose for a gun. Whatever, I don't know why I'm explaining myself on something of a personal nature like this. There are more reasons I handled it the way I did, but I don't feel like stating them here.
Point of information ... what's a PAL?
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I understand you have your reasons for getting rid of it but there is a lot of confusion surrounding the gun registry. What was making your situation illegal was that you owned a gun without a valid license to do so, not that it was unregistered.
Having an unregistered firearm but with a PAL was not a problem. As long as you weren't using the gun for nefarious purposes, the cops didn't care. There was an amnesty period that I believe is still going on for unregistered guns anyways.
Having a firearm in the house without a PAL is a problem.
Just wanted to clear it up.