Friday, April 06, 2012

Defacto Registration

From Instapundit, we get a link to this little bit of nonsense.
“Anchorage gun shops are being visited by BATFE agents that are requesting the shops 4473 forms as far back as 2007. They claim they want to make copies of the “book”. This is de facto registration, against the law, and BATFE knows it. Please inform everyone you know about this and notify any gun dealers you know that they don’t have to comply. Contact your congressman and senators and demand a full investigation. Don Young and our Senators have been informed about what is happening. Congressman Young is acutely interested but our senators seem to be indifferent. You can go to their websites to find their email forms.” Make the jump for contact details. (bolding mine)
BATFE knows that it's forbidden for them to make a registry. Period. This is the same BATFE that instituted the Fast and Furious program that ran guns into Mexico. As far as I'm concerned it's another rogue agency that needs its wings clipped; a full defunding and being abolished should send the message that we won't sit still for a government agency running roughshod over Americans.

3 comments:

Old NFO said...

Whoa... That is definitely NOT right, and I'm wondering if they are trying out a 'new' scheme in AK and hoping nobody notices?

Gerry N. said...

This kind of bullsh*t is why I no longer buy guns from dealers. In WA State it's nobody's business who I buy from or sell to unless it's an FFL holder. Sorry FFL's, but I simply cannot trust the Gubmint, any Gubmint. It's my experience that over time, all elected officials, and all appointed officials become untrustworthy, and some are pathological liars. So I do what I can to avoid contact with them, even indirectly.

Ducks quack, Cows fart, Politicians lie, it's just the nature of things.

Gerry N.

CarlS said...

A late comment, but . . . if you are licensed by the ATF and elect not to renew your license, for whatever reason, the form they require you to use states that you MUST turn in all of your records.

Now if that's not a backdoor registration, I don't know what is.

Tell them "No; registration is forbidden by federal code."