{"id":155089,"date":"2021-11-23T18:18:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T23:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=155089"},"modified":"2021-11-23T18:18:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:49:25","slug":"gop-lawmakers-send-letter-to-atf-to-prevent-backdoor-gun-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gop-lawmakers-send-letter-to-atf-to-prevent-backdoor-gun-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmakers Send Letter to ATF to Prevent Backdoor Gun Registry\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A look inside the ATF’s National Tracing Center. (Photo: Screenshot, The Atlantic)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Rumblings continue to emerge around the Biden Administration’s supposed intent to put together a backdoor gun registry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some within the 2A community have dismissed this possibility, apparently the threat is real enough that 51 GOP lawmakers put pen to paper this week to find out what\u2019s going on over at the ATF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter<\/a> addressed to ATF Acting Director Marvin G. Richardson, the lawmakers expressed their concern that Joe Biden\u2019s DOJ is \u201cleveraging its power in a way to establish a federal gun registry\u201d in contravention of the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act <\/a>that expressly forbids a centralized database of gun owners.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were also dismayed over a \u201crecent proposed regulation that would require federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to facilitate the creation of a federal gun registry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While gun dealers\/FFLs are required to hang on to gun sales records for a duration of 20 years, after which time they can destroy them, the proposed rule (ATF 2021R -05) would mandate that they keep the records in perpetuity. And should they ever go out of business, all records would then be turned over to the ATF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke Plans to Repeal Constitutional Carry <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“This means that 100% of all lawful commercial firearm transfers would eventually end up in an ATF computer system, thereby creating a permanent database,” observed the House Republicans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To gain some clarity on the situation, they asked Director Richardson to provide written responses to the questions below by no later than Dec. 31, 2021:<\/p>\n\n\n\n