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Originally Posted by 44 AMP
But if the serial number was removed in 1970 (or at any time), how do you determine the gun was made in 1969?
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I have no idea -- I chose that to make a point. Maybe it was a model that was first manufactured in 1969.
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Originally Posted by 44 AMP
Now, consider this one; suppose the gun was made in 1950, with a serial number, and the number was removed in 1960? Legal at the time? or not?
After all, the serial number was not required until the GCA 68, right?
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I think that's part of the catch 22. I don't know if removal or alteration of a serial number was legal before 1968. Let's assume that it was, so in 1960 someone removed a serial number from a firearm that was manufactured in 1950. Even if the removal was legal when performed, the current law makes no exception for removals that might have been legal when performed. Further, it doesn't care when the removal was performed or by whom, it clearly states that whoever is found in possession is presumed to be the party who did the dirty deed.