[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I guess this would be a bang_list thing

[PatrioticAmerican]

bump

[Ancesthntr]

In the recent sniper case, the ATF is trying to find out how a rifle police believe was used in the sniper attacks vanished from a Washington state gun shop without a paper trail.

How about theft? Is it me, or is it just plain stupidity that prevents the anti-gun types from seeing this?

"There is simply no reasonable expectation of privacy involved in the purchase of firearms. And the recovery of a firearm by the authorities in the course of a criminal investigation is even less private," the Supreme Court was told by Lawrence Rosenthal, Chicago's attorney.

OK, I'll bite. Step one after that is to register all purchases of books (and don't forget books borrowed from the libraries) and magazines, so as to allow the FBI and other LE organizations to more efficiently develop criminal profiles. After all, there is simply no reasonable expectation of privacy involved in the purchase or use of books and magazines. And the Internet - we either need Super Carnivore or an outrigh ban. The next step on this slippery slope is to mandate the fingerprinting and DNA sampling of every person in the country. After all, there is simply no reasonable expectation of privacy involved in these important crime-fighting tools. Oh, and the last step is mind-reading implants, when the technology is feasible. After all, if you have criminal intent, you have no expectation of privacy, and if you're a mind-numbed robot, you won't care anyway. (/sarcasm).

I can't wait for the Supremes to slap Chicago around a bit. They and the rest of the gun-grabbers need it (and a whole bunch more).

[bvw]

Better that the info collected be kept forever and released to whomever. That way the law that allows and authorizes it to be collected might be struck down. Better this info not be collected in the first place, and worse if their is an elite group of information brokers holding on to it -- that is the existing thing. The temptation of federalistas to use this info for their own and their agencies aggrandisement, if it were collected but kept "private" -- would be exceeding great and no systems of checks can prvent its abuse.

[umgud]

I can write to CA DOJ, along with a notarized copy of my drivers license and they will send me a list of every firearm I've bought or sold since the inception of their system. So, for someone living in CA, it doesn't matter what the feds do.

[Hail Caesar]

TRT bump!

[philetus]

My prediction.
They will rule against gun owners.

[FormerLurker]

The Bush administration, backed by the National Rifle Association and a police group, claims that confidential records are needed to safeguard investigations and protect people's privacy.

But, but, you mean we have a National Firearm Registry? I thought they weren't supposed to have one, but hey, what do I know....

I'm sure that they can't wait to tie that information in with everything else they plan to collect into the TIA database.

Pentagon Plans a Computer System That Would Peek at Personal Data of Americans

[the crow]

bump for later

[lavaroise]

Nazi reporters to get our datas. Might as well give the keys to the safe in the hands of government and reporters too.