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by G26ster
Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:49 pm
Forum: Federal
Topic: Obamacare - Senate amendment 3276, Sec. 2716
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Re: Obamacare - Senate amendment 3276, Sec. 2716

AndyC wrote:A registry is already prohibited by the Brady Handgun Control Act of 1993 under Section 103:
(i) PROHIBITION RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OF REGISTRATION SYSTEMS WITH RESPECT TO FIREARMS- No department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States may--

(1) require that any record or portion thereof generated by be recorded at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof; or

(2) use the system established under this section to establish any system for the registration of firearms, firearm owners, or firearm transactions or dispositions, except with respect to persons, prohibited by section 922 (g) or (n) of title 18, United States Code or State law, from receiving a firearm.
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When it says, "the system established under this section ..." I believe that just prevents the establishment of a registry using data collected through NICS checks which is what Section 103 is about . It doesn't prevent a registry being created outside of the background check process IMHO.

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