I don't think having the gun in your name on a 4473, or not, matters.
As it stands now in most of the country there is no registration, so they really have no idea what firearms you do or do not legally own or possess. There are some exceptions, of course, where states like Michigan and Pennsylvania have registration of pistols.
If they go around asking what you have openly visible, tell them about, others tell them about, etc will be what matters.
If push comes to shove and they show up en force to check, what you have there is what you have there, "on paper" or not.
In neither case does a 4473 matter.
GambJoe said:
I don't believe our government will ever try to confiscate all fire arms. If I were to purchace from a private party I would do so as the law allows.
But they HAVE
I was told by many shooter friends that they have plans in place to do some 'backyard' planting at O'dark thirty if there is a gun confiscation law passed.
They will do registration first, THEN confiscation. Burying them will only matter if:
1) They are not registered
2) Nobody will come looking for them (if buried on your property or somewhere else they would think to look...)
3) You actually find a need in the future worthy enough of taking the risk of digging them back up. (seems that needing to bury them is as good a reason as you will get, with advanced notice, to use them)