Congress should force a full accounting, end informal record collection, limit retention, and change the law that feeds the archive—before a future administration turns those records into a working registry. Qilin breached a separate ATF system, but the bureau's massive archive of lawful gun purchases remains a threat to gun-owner privacy.
Qilin breached a separate ATF system, but the bureau's massive archive of lawful gun purchases remains a threat to gun-owner privacy.
Congress should force a full accounting, end informal record collection, limit retention, and change the law that feeds the archive—before a future administration turns those records into a working registry.
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Qilin breached a separate ATF system, but the bureau's massive archive of lawful gun purchases remains a threat to gun-owner privacy. Congress should force a full accounting, end informal record collection, limit retention, and change the law that feeds the archive—before a future administration turns those records into a working registry.
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