[Trteamer]

PLEASE however---don't ask the MAN to pass another law regarding anything to do with the sale or ownership of firearms. Some lib would be happy to quote this story chapter and verse as reason to end the sale of second hand guns by ANYONE without having some form of registration scheme.

That has come to mind. I'm sure with the Dem's in control they would want to twist this into a registration scheme of some sort. If the ATF would just give the dealers access to their database, maybe more gun thiefs would be caught. I don't expect the ATF to do such a thing, it would take common sense. Maybe I'll just drop the whole idea, but it still pisses me off.

[spunkets]

It appears you were also given bad info about the stolen gun database. THe DOJ's NCIS contains a stolen gun file. It contains info on all reported stolen guns. That's info on all stolen guns reported to any PD in the US. See for details. You should still report this to the ATF, because fed licencing requirements only exclude lawful owners of personal firearms from the requirements. The thief was not the lawful owner when he sold it to the CO dealer. If the ATF refuses to act, fed prosecutors and the NRA should be notified to highlight their failure to enforce the law and whatever bogus claims they make for such pandering to criminal gun dealing.