The Tracers - An inside look at the Real-Life Database of America’s Firearms.

vimeo.com/ ^ | 8/30/2016 | Steven Brahms

[rktman]

There's no telling how many guns we have in America—and when one gets used in a crime, no way for the cops to connect it to its owner. The only place the police can turn for help is a Kafkaesque agency in West Virginia, where, thanks to the gun lobby, computers are illegal and detective work is absurdly antiquated. On purpose. Thing is, the geniuses who work there are quietly inventing ways to do the impossible.

[rktman]

Hmmm. Just cause it's against the law apparently don't make it illegal. Or something. Video at link. IF, and that's a big IF, you have facebook, you might want to share this.

[Talisker]

These “writers” have studied NO history.

They’re suckling babies.

[marktwain]

There is almost no value in “tracing” guns. It almost never leads to criminal charges, nor should it.

The purpose of a “tracing” system is to be the precursor to gun registration, to allow incremental confiscation.

“Tracing” costs much, much, more than it is worth.

[DesertRhino]

Moronic. All you’ll do is possibly locate who it was stolen from. “Tracing” solves zero crimes. Like criminals discard their guns, and then you can run the numbers and see who did he crime.

Rare to unfreakin’ heard of. Think these guys in Chicago have traceable guns?

[MarchonDC09122009]

Very informative, but sorely lacking reason why we have no national gun registry.
Not surprising filmmaker hacks made this documentary clip to raise sympathy for poor gov’t workers coping with big ‘ol bad gun lobby.

Interesting timing for publicizing gun tracing.
The left will certainly use this for further gun control argument.

RE: “Hmmm. Just cause it’s against the law apparently don’t make it illegal. Or something. Video at link.”

[Iron Munro]

And why is this operation located in West Virginia?

Because democrat Ku Klux Klan Kleagle, Senator Robert Byrd, used his position and influence to force the federal government to put many governmental bureaucratic functions in West Virginia, where it makes no sense at all.

And he used his power and influence to obtain government grants, loans and sweetheart deals for many West Virginia companies and non-governmental institutions, many of whih named themselves after him.

THINGS NAMED AFTER ROBERT BYRD

RCBI Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center, South Charleston, West Virginia
RCBI Huntington Manufacturing Technology Center, Huntington, West Virginia
RCBI Rocket Center Manufacturing Technology Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Highway System, Appalachian Development Highway System in West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Bridge, crosses the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia and Chesapeake, Ohio
Robert C. Byrd Bridge, Ohio County, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Drive, West Virginia Routes 16 and 97 between Beckley and Sophia, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Expressway, United States Route 22 near Weirton, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Freeway, United States Route 119 between Williamson and Charleston, West Virginia (also known as Corridor G)
Robert C. Byrd Highway, US Route 48 between Weston, WV and the Virginia state line near Wardensville, WV (aka Corridor H)
Robert C. Byrd Interchange on Interstate 77
Robert C. Byrd Interchange on United States Route 19, Birch River, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center, Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam, Ohio River in Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Auditorium, National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education, University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center, Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, Princeton, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center, Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) Bridgeport Manufacturing Tech. Ctr., Bridgeport, WV
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Library, Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center, University of Charleston in Beckley
Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, Eastern WV Community and Technical College in Moorefield, WV
Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center, Bridgeport, WV (affiliated with Fairmont State University
Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute, Camp Dawson near Kingwood, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Technology Center, Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center
Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex, Rocket Center, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Moorefield, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Sugar Grove, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Rooms, Office of the West Virginia Senate Minority Leader, West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, WV
Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Beckley, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Clinic, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to Veteran’s Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Addition to the Lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Conference Center (also known as the Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism), Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

[Blood of Tyrants]

Exactly. Pretty much the only time the tracing system solves a crime is when it is used to find the last listed owner of a stolen gun.

[Ancesthntr]

“Moronic. All you’ll do is possibly locate who it was stolen from. “Tracing” solves zero crimes. Like criminals discard their guns, and then you can run the numbers and see who did he crime.”

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Oh, criminals sometimes DO discard their guns - throwing them off of bridges into lakes or rivers, for one thing, or burying them in the middle of nowhere. If they want it to not be found, and they have any brains whatsoever, they will NEVER be connected to a particular firearm.

So, of course and as usual, the only purpose of a tracing system is to regulate/control the otherwise law-abiding. This is ONLY about control, NOT about guns.

[buffaloguy]

I suspect that even looking at rifling on expended bullets is probably getting difficult with the use of CNC machining.
All the rifling is exactly the same.

[vette6387]

“So, of course and as usual, the only purpose of a tracing system is to regulate/control the otherwise law-abiding. This is ONLY about control, NOT about guns.”

And prosecuting them for “loosing” a firearm! But that doesn’t apply to government “agents” who have their weapons “stolen” from their vehicles like that a$$hole BLM “agent” who had his gun stolen from his car in San Francisco, only to have it used by an illegal alien to kill Kate Steinle. If it were determined that that gun came from a private citizen’s car, the $hit would hit the fan!

[Talisker]

The purpose of a “tracing” system is to be the precursor to gun registration, to allow incremental confiscation.

And that is the history they haven't read.