AJBert
02-08-2022, 06:18 PM
I get emails from my Congressman every now and then, basically updates on what he is doing or supporting. This latest one reeks of the corruption going on against the 2nd Amendment and is illegal as all get out:
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Congressman Lamborn Continues to Defend 2nd Amendment, Leads in ATF Gun Registry Investigation
For Immediate Release: February 8, 2022
Contact: Cassandra Sebastian (719) 520-0055
Washington, D.C.- Congressman Doug Lamborn joined Congressman Michael Cloud and 34 additional Members of Congress in sending a follow-up letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regarding their investigation which uncovered that the ATF maintains a database of nearly a billion-gun records, including 54 million from last year alone. This practice is explicitly banned by federal law.
Their original letter , sent in November 2021, addressed concerns regarding the ATF's proposed rule requiring federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to preserve records older than 20 years. Current regulations authorize FFLs to discard records after 20 years. This federal law was enacted in 1985 to ensure that the federal government complied with strict prohibition on creating a national gun registry.
The response provided by Acting Director Richardson prompted further concerns. Congressman Lamborn and his colleagues urged the Biden Administration to withdraw the proposed rule immediately, as it is outside the authority of bureaucrats to enact new criminal laws or amend statutes passed by Congress to regulate items that previously have been unregulated.
Congressman Lamborn issued the following statement:
"After learning that the ATF has accumulated nearly 1 billion records, I am greatly concerned about their current practices and intentions. It has become clear through this investigation that the Biden Administration continues to develop an unconstitutional national gun registry that could be used to target law-abiding Americans. This is a massive government overreach, and Americans have every right to be concerned about the ever-increasing data being stored at the ATF’s National Tracing Center. Even the very existence of this database should serve as a wakeup call to the dangers of a centralized firearm registry. I will diligently work with my colleagues in Congress to hold the ATF accountable and ensure that they are faithfully adhering to the existing statutory prohibition on the retention of firearm transaction data."
The letter states:
"Congress provided statutory authority for ATF to accumulate and store certain records of firearm transactions from out-of-business FFLs, but Congress also by statute has prohibited ATF from maintaining a national gun registry. ATF's new proposal to require FFLs to keep all records of sales in perpetuity means that, eventually, ATF will sweep up records of every gun sale in America that occurs at a licensed dealer."
See an article on the original response here .
See an article on the ATF's response here .
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Congressman Lamborn Continues to Defend 2nd Amendment, Leads in ATF Gun Registry Investigation
For Immediate Release: February 8, 2022
Contact: Cassandra Sebastian (719) 520-0055
Washington, D.C.- Congressman Doug Lamborn joined Congressman Michael Cloud and 34 additional Members of Congress in sending a follow-up letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regarding their investigation which uncovered that the ATF maintains a database of nearly a billion-gun records, including 54 million from last year alone. This practice is explicitly banned by federal law.
Their original letter , sent in November 2021, addressed concerns regarding the ATF's proposed rule requiring federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to preserve records older than 20 years. Current regulations authorize FFLs to discard records after 20 years. This federal law was enacted in 1985 to ensure that the federal government complied with strict prohibition on creating a national gun registry.
The response provided by Acting Director Richardson prompted further concerns. Congressman Lamborn and his colleagues urged the Biden Administration to withdraw the proposed rule immediately, as it is outside the authority of bureaucrats to enact new criminal laws or amend statutes passed by Congress to regulate items that previously have been unregulated.
Congressman Lamborn issued the following statement:
"After learning that the ATF has accumulated nearly 1 billion records, I am greatly concerned about their current practices and intentions. It has become clear through this investigation that the Biden Administration continues to develop an unconstitutional national gun registry that could be used to target law-abiding Americans. This is a massive government overreach, and Americans have every right to be concerned about the ever-increasing data being stored at the ATF’s National Tracing Center. Even the very existence of this database should serve as a wakeup call to the dangers of a centralized firearm registry. I will diligently work with my colleagues in Congress to hold the ATF accountable and ensure that they are faithfully adhering to the existing statutory prohibition on the retention of firearm transaction data."
The letter states:
"Congress provided statutory authority for ATF to accumulate and store certain records of firearm transactions from out-of-business FFLs, but Congress also by statute has prohibited ATF from maintaining a national gun registry. ATF's new proposal to require FFLs to keep all records of sales in perpetuity means that, eventually, ATF will sweep up records of every gun sale in America that occurs at a licensed dealer."
See an article on the original response here .
See an article on the ATF's response here .