an end run around existing law?

[alan]

If the following has been previously posted, pardon me. I've been "off line" for a while. By the way, as I understand things, exisiting federal law precludes the creation of any nationwide system of gun registration as the BATFE might try to foist off. The "etrace" routine discussed in the following JPFO alert, and the accompanying links appears to be the above mentioned "end run" around existing restrictions over BATFE actions. Judge for yourselves, and act as you think appropriate, perhaps contacting your elected things. JPFO alert follows below.

ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization

October 27th 2009

JPFO ALERT: ETRACE FRAUD EXPOSED



Our Monday alert -- http://www.jpfo.org/alerts03/alert20091026.htm
-- about the Hillary Clinton State Department being deliriously
happy about your gun ownership records being provided to thousands
of police agencies and foreign governments, solicited this response
from a retired police detective about the eTrace registration
scheme. Please read about his hands on experiences and pass them on
to every gun owner in America. Simply put, eTrace is being used to
create a national firearms registry. It must be stopped.--
http://www.jpfo.org/articles-assd/etrace-fraud.htm

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This alert, on JPFO -
http://www.jpfo.org/alerts03/alert20091027.htm



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[carguychris]

I don't see this as an attempt at back-door registration, since individual dealers still hold most of the Form 4473s. A trace won't directly tell law enforcement anything except where the gun was originally sold.

This strikes me as a back-door attempt by the BATFE to identify "rogue dealers" without making it obvious that they're doing it. Although the goal is admirable, IMHO their methods are heavy-handed and potentially indefensible in court. (Heavy-handed? The BATFE? No waaay... ) They're taking advantage of vagaries in the law that should be resolved properly through legislation before they attempt anything like this.