“If you’ve purchased in the last 20 or 30 or however many years they’re registered because BATF isn’t destroying the records turned in to them by FFLs going out of business or upgrading to electronic records.”
That is a violation of the McClure-Volkmer Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986.
This current regime does not give a rat’s ass about obeying the law, and they will continue to commit acts of treason until someone stops them. Do not expect their co-conspirators in congress to lift a finger either.
But who, exactly are "they"? Those who give the orders, obviously. They are the one who must have "accidents" or simply disappear.
There was actually an Americas Morning News story/interview piece the other morning I heard bemoaning the fact that these records were all piled up in boxes with no funding or direction to organize and database them!