09/23/2002 7:07:11 PM PDT
· 39 of 41 mnmoose
to nravoter; SWO
I believe the mfg's know what deal/person they shipped each gun to and they let the ATF know if they are requested to trace the gun by ATF. Then the dealer knows who he sold it to by the paperwork. Guns get traced when they turn up in a crime or are found abandoned or "dropped' someplace.