Congressman Paul Gosar(R-AZ) has introduces new legislation that, if passed, will ban the federal government from creating lists of gun owners. The legislation is being called the No Gun Lists Act and has already been endorsed by big organizations like Gun Owners of America.
As reported in Prescottenews:
“In its latest attempt to keep track of all law-abiding gun-owners and implement its unconstitutional gun control agenda, the Biden administration has ordered the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) create a gun owner database of almost a billion searchable records, prohibited by current federal law. In just the past year, the ATF has stockpiled the records of over 54 million legal gun owners according to a troubling document first reported by the Washington Free Beacon.
The ATF is violating existing federal law regarding record keeping and there is concern that passing another law prohibiting record keeping will not stop the ATF. My No Gun Lists Act would require the ATF to immediately eliminate their illegal firearm record repository system, prohibit the relisting of records, and allow gun owners to sue the ATF for damages and injunctive relief,” said Congressman Paul Gosar.
Aidan Johnston, Director of Federal Affair, Gun Owners of America (GOA) added “Rogue bureaucrats who assist in the infringement of the People’s Second Amendment rights to create a gun registry don’t deserve special protections, they deserve to be punished. Congress has no business whatsoever maintaining its gun and gun owner registry. GOA thanks Rep. Gosar for this strong legislation.”
The ATF is unable to create a firearm registry as a result of federal law. Gun stores across the country are required to store records for 20 years and if these stores go out of business they are required to send all of their data to the Department of Justice.
The Biden administration is trying to create a firearm registry by tweaking federal law. The Biden administration would like the ATF to maintain and use a database for a verity of reasons. This legislation put forward by Rep. Gosar would stop this effort immediately.
