• uis@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    The ATF has no ability to have searchable records of firearm sales. To run a “trace” they need to use fucking microfilm or manually go through literal shipping containers full of receipts that are scarcely legible due to water damage. Article.

    Can’t they just scan them? I’ll read article meanwhile.

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    Keyword searches, or sorting by date or any other field, are strictly prohibited.

    Th-- wh-- how?!

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      4 months ago

      Right?! I know. It’s so needlessly complicated. When I first learned about this my jaw legit dropped.

      I’m not even necessarily proposing a registry but this is just fucking ridiculous.