Wasn’t this constitutionally outlawed?
Yes, by the 2nd Amendment.
I thought it was more than that, there was a federal law saying this was not to happen as well.
Not just the 2a
I thought it was more than that, there was a federal law saying this was not to happen as well.
Not just the 2a
Yes, you are correct. I was just being sarcastic. ;-)
Federal law explicitly prevents the creation of a centralized, comprehensive national registry of general firearm owners. The Firearm Owners’ Protection Act of 1986 prohibits the Department of Justice from requiring that records maintained by Federal Firearm Licensees (FFLs) be transferred to a federal facility to establish a registry of firearms, owners, or transactions.
This article references the de-facto back door registry created by the ATF ruling that requires FFLs to submit all firearm transaction records to the ATF when they close their businesses.
Under current law, Federal Firearm Licensees (FFLs) must transfer their firearm transaction records to the ATF upon closing their business. These records are stored indefinitely in the OBRIS database, laying the groundwork for a federal gun registry. In 2022, the Biden Administration finalized a rule requiring FFLs to retain records permanently, overturning decades of policy that allowed these records to be destroyed after 20 years. This policy, combined with the ATF’s “zero-tolerance” enforcement strategy—which punishes even minor paperwork errors—has forced many small businesses to close, further expanding the database.