On that national gun registration
Herschel has a different take: The ATF isn’t competent enough to pull it off.
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October 11th, 2013 at 12:43 pm
If it comes to that, I sure hope that CGI Federal is the winning bid.
October 11th, 2013 at 12:59 pm
I’m sure there is a partial registry somewhere in the bowels of a .gov server farm. It is far from a comprehensive one, but I’d bet that they at least have the names and last known addresses of anyone who has purchased a new firearm from an FFL in the last, oh, 10-15 years?
October 11th, 2013 at 1:04 pm
They don’t have to actually register every weapon in any sort of fashion. They just pass a law and say YOU must register your weapons.
Then when they can’t perform and YOU decide ‘nuh-uh’ and don’t, YOU’RE the one committing an unindicted Federal crime, ripe for the picking whenever somebody decides to prosecute…
MC
October 11th, 2013 at 1:05 pm
I hate ta tell y’all this but the BATFE started recording and copying the FFL holders “bound book” of gun sales right after Waco–They started making a gun owner list 23 years ago.
October 11th, 2013 at 1:18 pm
Many criminals are too stupid to carry out their crimes competently, but they sure do cause a lot of damage along the way.
October 11th, 2013 at 2:39 pm
um, go to the ATF federal spending on technology over the past 5-6 years. they got some MASSIVE grants for expansive tech infrastructure.
October 11th, 2013 at 6:19 pm
Just what I want, a registry so poorly made that I can be arrested at some point in the future for not having a gun that isn’t listed in it, because that is accepted as proof that I hid it from the incompetent ATF.
October 11th, 2013 at 7:20 pm
The ATF hates face-to-face private gun sales.
Yes they undoubtably have a huge database of 4473 forms.
But those, at least in red states, become obsolete once the owner sells their guns to others. And over the years the original owners have forgotten who they sold the gun to.
And heaven knows about stolen guns, smuggled guns, machine shop made guns, etc…
Notice Chicago has tons of guns confiscated from gang bangers but rarely do they trace down to some individual in another state.
October 11th, 2013 at 7:43 pm
I’d be willing to bet their secret database of boating accidents isn’t all that comprehensive, either.
October 14th, 2013 at 1:54 pm
Why is every one so concerned with the 4473? The FFL calls the NICS to get approval, gives all identifying info for the gun and purchaser. Pop right in the memory hole. Nothing could possibly go wrong, could it?
October 15th, 2013 at 12:37 pm
They don’t need competency, they just need data. The Government is real good at storing data forever. When they day comes, smart people will come along and make use of the data.
It goes way beyond 4473s. They don’t need those for most of what gun controllers want to do. Think what they can do with: social media posts (“liking” NRA); blog subscriptions and phone contacts with known gun dealers/owners (not that they’d ever collect that…).
People think registration is about the guns. The don’t need a list of your guns. They just need your name and address. It’s about identification of The People.