If I were King, anybody would be subject to serious civil and criminal charges for any crime committed with a gun so long as that gun is still registered to them — unless the gun has been reported stolen in a timely fashion. So, if somebody purchases and registers a gun in Georgia, and the gun is later used in a holdup in Oakland, the person who bought the gun in Georgia could be nailed, unless the gun had been reported stolen. Anybody repeatedly reporting stolen guns to avoid liability would be investigated and likely prosecuted for trafficking.