Posted on 11/01/2005 9:34:33 AM PST by neverdem
YUMA (AP) -- Yuma police investigating gun crimes will soon be able to track the gun more efficiently thanks to a federal weapons database.
Yuma police expect to be using eTrace, a database established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, within the next few weeks. The system will let them quickly track the ownership history of guns used in crimes.
The old system could take days because it involves tracking a gun by starting at the manufacturer, then going through the distributor to the retailer and finally the end buyer, Detective Ross Nicolette said.
ATF recommends that all recovered guns be traced in the system, according to the agency's public affairs office. The database began as an ATF pilot program and was recently opened up to more law enforcement agencies.
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Information from: The Sun, http://www.yumasun.com
Doesn't matter. For them to be able to trace it in the detail they are talking about they would have to be able to track it to the original purchaser. They are still breaking the law.
If these guns are recovered at crime scenes one would have to surmise that they then fall into police custody so the real question is; HOW DO THEY GET BACK ON THE STREET?
Just my humble opinion--of course.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't understand how this is supposed to work.
From what little info I found, the only guns entered into this database are ones recovered by police from crimes.
" This is what we get for not putting a stop to the BATFE's shinnanigans before this."
This is what we get for not Disbanding any and ALL Federal Police forces.
I think there must be an operation where once a week, a truck comes by dumping pistols out on the street.
That is the only way I can figure how so many guns are "out on the street" to where the cops have to institute programs to get those guns "off the street".
It would seem the logical move would be to simply make them quit dumping them all over the sidewalks, streets, parks etc.
Of course now that I think about it, I have never seen a gun lying in the street and I have looked hard. Someone else must be beating me to them.
Secret Service and Federal Marshals are ok. Axe the Alphabets... Particularly the "F" part of the BATFE.
I think you're the only one who's gotten it at first glance. I think the trouble comes from the title with the word "database". It seems to me that eTrace is just a mapping program to trace where the firearms found at crime scenes came from.
But....but....I thought the Feds promised that those records wouldn't be used for this purpose? Surely, they wouldn't lie to us!! < /sarcasm >
I live in Maryland. I have fired thousands of rounds and cleaned my gun a few dozen times. I wonder if the bullets still match the signature round? More good gummint
ATF recommends that all recovered guns be traced in the system, according to the agency's public affairs office. The database began as an ATF pilot program and was recently opened up to more law enforcement agencies.
What qualifies as a "recovered" gun? Traffic stop and gov't runs the serial numbers on your legal carry piece?
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The BATF is the ATF. It is also the BATFE (the "E" stands for "explosives").
And I agree it needs to be disbanded.
Agreed with the Secret Service and Federal Marshals
From what I have seen in the news and here of FR, Federal Marshalls are some of the worst. They are political appointees and subject to political whims.
Isn't this data exactly what the gun purchase registration crowd promised wouldn't be kept?
Read comments 8 & 30.
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