>From Outdoor Wire: [quote][B]Obama Could Computerize Firearm Records:[/B] The Outdoor Wire has confirmed from confidential sources that the "transition team" for the Democratic candidate has already begun looking into the current approval system for firearms transactions. It seems the digital recordkeeping approval recently granted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) has piqued their curiosity. With a virtual Form 4473 in existence, we should be on the lookout for a new record-keeping initiative that will "simplify" the hassles of off-site digital record storage by allowing FFLs to, say, store the information on secure governmental servers. [I]Of course, the government will never access the information.[/I] (This paragraph appears about two-thirds of the way down the page.)[/quote] http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/archives/2008-10-27 I don't know about you but I'd be willing to pay [u]more[/u] to purchase a gun from dealers who kept cumbersome paper records at 1000's of decentralized locations all over the country (and regularly destroyed those over 20 years old as authorized by law). I want to see signs at the FFLs I choose to use that say "We [i]don't[/i] computerize gun records." ************************************************** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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