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NJ gets access to tracing database
Here's a story, and I suspect the bottom line is the reporter didn't understand what they were writing about. It sounds as if NJ entered into a memo of understanding that lets it have tracing data beyond the usual "you wanted a gun traced, here are the results." That's always been allowed (and the story implies this, but does not make it clear, perhaps because that'd undercut the Mayors' group claims that the Tiahart or whoever Amendment inhibits law enforcement).
I'd assume the MoU required NJ to guarantee that the data would be used for law enforcement and not for setting up civil suits.
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Maybe I don't understand Corzine's press release below, but my first impression was that they're collecting all NJ gun purchase data at the local level to basically set up a registry (which of course only covers law-abiding citizens).
The only way Etrace works is with a gun registry which is illegal. Where are the federal charges against Corzine for conspiracy to violate federal law?
Please correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't this effectively gut the just recently renewed Tiahrt Amendment. The only reason for NJ officals to possess such trace data would be to bring lawsuits against dealers. Where is the NRA on this one?
Why give the "reporter" a pass for ignorance. I'm assuming that the story is being slanted in the most anti-gun way possible.
The story and writer are from BLOOMBERG.COM, after all.
That information came from Corzine's news release according to the "wheredidtheycomefrom" blog:
http://wheredidtheguncomefrom.typepad.com/blog/2007/08/nj-takes-steps-.html
So someone's confused or it has established a registry.