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Bartholomew Roberts · March 29, 2009, 05:25 PM

I think the impact can best be summed up by the incidents that helped get the trace data removed from public consumption in the first place. VPC used to regularly publish a "Top 10 Crime Guns" list based on ATF trace data made available to the public. This was regularly reprinted by "news" organizations like Newsweek and Time even though several pro-RKBA academics and the ATF itself pointed out that just because a trace request was made for a particular firearm, didn't necessarily mean it was involved directly or indirectly in a crime.

If just the trace aspect of the Tiarht Amendment is removed, then you can expect to see more of that again. However, the Tiarht Amendment also codified the 24-hr destruction of legitimate purchases in NICS records and also loosened restrictions on some FFLs to make it easier for small FFLs. If they completely reversed it, that would hurt.

March 29, 2009, 05:25 PM	#20
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 12, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	I think the impact can best be summed up by the incidents that helped get the trace data removed from public consumption in the first place. VPC used to regularly publish a "Top 10 Crime Guns" list based on ATF trace data made available to the public. This was regularly reprinted by "news" organizations like Newsweek and Time even though several pro-RKBA academics and the ATF itself pointed out that just because a trace request was made for a particular firearm, didn't necessarily mean it was involved directly or indirectly in a crime. If just the trace aspect of the Tiarht Amendment is removed, then you can expect to see more of that again. However, the Tiarht Amendment also codified the 24-hr destruction of legitimate purchases in NICS records and also loosened restrictions on some FFLs to make it easier for small FFLs. If they completely reversed it, that would hurt.