[SoothingDave]

The records of the sale remain with the dealer. They can be access by law enforcement only for legitimate purposes, like a weapon recovered in a crime.

The records do not go to a centralized place. They are not computerized. They are not available to the gov’t to use as it sees fit.

On the other end of the phone, the information from the FBI background check is purged. No record is kept of the names being queried. No permanent records, no computerization, not access to gov’t agencies. Nothing exists after the check is complete.

[Fightin Whitey]

I take your word for it, though it seems odd that a big retailer would sit with thousands of purchase records on hand.

Also, though I know you are giving the facts, I also know that some branch of law enforcement could cook up reasons to look into almost anything.

Here’s my real question, however: for all these years I have considered it advantageous to purchase from private parties, precisely because there would be NO records to be accessed.

So is that supposed advantage far overstated?

Thanks much Dave...