Ward: Republicans Thwarting ATF Modernization to Prevent the Creation of a National Gun Registry
The [ATF’s national tracing] enter receives roughly 1,800 gun trace requests a day from local law enforcement agencies across the country. Their job is critical: take the identifying information they’re given and piece together a weapon’s path, from manufacturer to retailer to buyer. But because of an arcane tracing system and serial understaffing and underfunding, … Read more
