On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 3:01:33 PM UTC-7, Just Wondering wrote:   
   > On 3/29/2018 2:12 PM, David Fritz wrote:   
   > > On March 19, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) held its planned   
   > > public hearing regarding proposed regulations for the implementation of   
   > > Assembly Bill 857 (the so-called “ghost gun” bill). Signed into law in   
   > > 2016 as part of the other “Gunmageddon” bills, AB 857 will drastically   
   > > change the way in which law-abiding individuals can make home-built   
   > > firearms by first requiring them to apply for and receive a DOJ-approved   
   > > serial number that must then be engraved onto the firearm. What’s more,   
   > > individuals who already lawfully own firearms without a serial number will   
   > > also be required to obtain and engrave a DOJ-approved serial number for   
   > > most firearms not already registered with DOJ.   
   >    
   > Has the presence or absence of a serial number on a gun   
   > ever had any effect whatsoever on gun violence?   
      
   Its purpose is to ID the owner who may have used the gun to commit a crime, or   
   to find out who the owner might have given it to, had it taken from him/her   
   etc.   
      
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