The Department of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms is keeping a list of law-abiding American gun owners. They have been doing it for years, even though to do so is against the law, and Biden wants them to collect more. Biden does not believe in the Constitution so things like laws don’t stand in the way of what the deep state has in mind for us.
You see, the Left believes the only rights we should have are those that government grants us. Our founding fathers believed man was born with inalienable rights that came from God that government should not infringe upon. Government is supposed to SECURE these rights — not limit them, take them away or frustrate Americans who are guaranteed the freedom to exercise their rights as a free people.
There are two types of gun-control fanatics — those who believe the world will be a safer place if law-abiding citizens gave up their right to own guns (criminals don’t follow gun laws now, so nothing would change for them) except innocent people would then be easy prey), and the ones who would like to see the citizenry disarmed and powerless to fight back against — anyone — criminals, police, federal agents… Biden and his ilk are in the second group. That’s where the lists come in handy. A weak and defenseless population is easier to intimidate and control.
We are losing our Constitution folks! And the pace is accelerating. Will enough of these breaches be overturned in court before we lose our country altogether? Can we get it back?
Of the people,
By the people,
For the people
Biden Admin Amassing Millions of Records on US Gun Owners Amid New Crackdown on Firearms
Biden's ATF obtained more than 54 million gun owner records in 2021 alone
Adam Kredo • November 6, 2021
The Biden administration in just the past year alone stockpiled the records of more than 54 million U.S. gun owners and is poised to drastically alter gun regulations to ensure that information on Americans who own firearms ultimately ends up in the federal government's hands, according to internal Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The ATF in fiscal year 2021 processed 54.7 million out-of-business records, according to an internal ATF document obtained by the Gun Owners of America, a firearms advocacy group, and provided exclusively to the Free Beacon. When a licensed gun store goes out of business, its private records detailing gun transactions become ATF property and are stored at a federal site in West Virginia. This practice allows the federal government to stockpile scores of gun records and has drawn outrage from gun advocacy groups that say the government is using this information to create a national database of gun owners—which has long been prohibited under U.S. law.
The ATF obtained 53.8 million paper records and another 887,000 electronic records, according to the internal document that outlines ATF actions in fiscal year 2021. Gun activists described this figure as worryingly high and said it contributes to fears that the Biden administration is trying to keep track of all Americans who own firearms, in violation of federal statutes. The procurement of these records by the ATF comes as the Biden administration moves to alter current laws to ensure that gun records are stored in perpetuity. Currently, gun shops can destroy their records after 20 years, thereby preventing the ATF from accessing the information in the future.
"As if the addition of over 50 million records to an ATF gun registry wasn't unconstitutional or illegal enough, the Biden administration's misuse of ‘out-of-business' records doesn't end there," Aidan Johnston, the Gun Owners of America's director of federal affairs, told the Free Beacon. "Instead of maintaining the right of [licensed firearm dealers] to destroy Firearm Transaction Records after 20 years, buried within Biden's proposed regulations is a provision that would mean every single Firearm Transaction Record going forward would eventually be sent to ATF's registry in West Virginia."
The ATF's registry site has long been a battleground between gun advocates and the federal government. Those in favor of more restrictive gun measures want the ATF to digitize this registry and create a federal database of U.S. gun owners, a move opposed by groups such as the Gun Owners of America and the National Rifle Association. The ATF has so many records stored in its West Virginia site that several years ago the floor collapsed, according to the New York Times.The Gun Control Act of 1968 mandates that licensed firearm dealers that go out of business provide the ATF with their records. They are then processed into images, though the ATF maintains this database cannot be searched by a purchaser's name. Physical records, the agency says, are then destroyed.
The record-keeping issue has received new scrutiny as the Biden administration readies to implement several new restrictions on firearms and owners, including a proposed ban on anywhere from 10 to 40 million pistol braces, which are used as stabilizers on popular weapons such as AR-15s. Under these guidelines, gun owners would be ordered to register or destroy these pistol braces.
Gun advocates, including the Gun Owners of America, accuse the Biden administration of abusing the rule-making process to ensure these regulations are put into effect in record time, possibly before the end of the year.
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