A gun crime review team used E-Trace, a computer database managed by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, that can trace the serial number on a weapon to dealers, manufacturers and registered sellers, to shed light on the exchange of illegal guns in the Bull City...Translation: Well, we have this fancy computer system and all these people working it, but it's really pretty much a make-work boondoggle unless we can use it as a foot in the door to stump for a full-blown gun registry. And then it still won't do anything but tell us who the people who obey us are...
While E-Trace can help investigators locate the gun's original dealer and, in some cases, records of sale, state laws do not require individuals to keep records of private gun sales, Mihaich said.
For that reason, he said, it's difficult to get a grasp on where the guns in Durham are truly coming from.
"We're trying to tighten up how we do that statistically. There's some [statistics] we just don't track because the information isn't there," Mihaich said.
Just what we need. More federal "gun control" harassment of We the People, courtesy of the NRA-backed Project Safe Neighborhoods...
Tags: gun control, NRA