CHARLOTTE — A 13-year-old was shot in the chest by someone who had a gun without a serial number, according to a police report. It happened along Westwinds Court in northwest Charlotte around 8 p.m.

From U.S. v. Price, decided yesterday by Judge Joseph R. Goodwin (S.D. W. Va.): Section 922(k) states, in pertinent part, It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to transport … in interstate or ...

For decades, federal law has forbidden gun owners from scratching out the serial numbers that manufacturers are legally required to place on firearms. The reason is obvious: These serial numbers help ...