BATFE ACKNOWLEDGES A NATIONWIDE DATABASE OF GUN OWNERS

[FlyntG]

Somehow I am really not surprised.

Where is my tin foil hat, I'm puttin that thing back on.

Anybody care to email me plans for a good tinfoil hat? maybe we should make these things out of something more sturdy.

[USMCJG]

I'm not surprised by this at all. We all already knew, or should have, that we have gun registration, or more accurately, gun owner registration. When a dealer goes out of business and turns over their 4473's to the BATFE, they sure aren't going to just destroy them. They will be logged in a database to be referenced by the government. Of course some of the guns that had 4473's filled out on them will have been sold to someone else, but the person who bought them will still be known to be a gun owner. Quite simply, Form 4473=delayed gun owner registration.

[kckndrgn]

So, if guns are purchased "illegally", then there were purchased w/o the NJ police permission (in NJ one must get "permission" from the PD to purchase a gun) then how would said gun be in the registry?

Hmm, just another way to track the law abiding citizens, dunno.

[crimsonaudio]

Wow, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but I figured this was illegal, too.

Yeesh.

[Rem_700]

Need to get the NRA in on this and file a federal lawsuit!

[jackdm3]

Seems like lots of private purchases are in order. I mean, if you have to choose from that or a dealer, why not. (Sorry vendors)

[SUNTZU]

The articles are from 2007. Nothing has been done by any gun rights groups since then?

[TNTitan]

The articles are from 2007. Nothing has been done by any gun rights groups since then?

some have: BATFE and its Gun Registration

[strickj]

Is this really "national"?

From reading the article it sounds localized to NJ. Which was already antigun to begin with.

[SUNTZU]

I can see clearly now.....the rain has gone. Thanks TnTitan. I'd call you TT, but that would just rapidly degrade your nickname into something you might not like for every future TGO event.