Yes, the vin plate on the axel helped to identify the truck in Oklahoma City but this congressman is trying to stop stolen gun trafficking. Has the practice of putting multiple vin numbers on autos stopped auto theft and trafficking?
Yeah, see, I’m not defending the moronic congressman who is plainly trying to raise the cost of firearms but to the extent that he wants a second hidden number on anything I’m pointing out that is not a bad idea, something an owner ought to do. In fact hidden vins on vehicles really cut into the stolen vehicle trade. The second number is in a place where modification is obvious. Now car thieves pretty much have to deal in parts rather than complete vehicles. And with both guns and cars I’m familiar with many examples of a second number aiding eventual recovery simply because the novice thief didn’t know about it.