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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Persistent, searchable database.”

Is that like a regular old boring database, but with extra names, like when Mom calls Larlo by his full name “Larlolargo Campagne Maleffluente,” to show she’s really mad?

How would it differ from the one that seems to have allowed authorities to determine in just minutes where the MN sicko got his guns and that the purchases had complied with all of MN’s very extensive and stringent regulations?[/quote]

They executed a search warrant on his residence and found the purchase record.  That's how.

ATF only has a database that tracks guns going from manufacturers to dealers.  Not to purchasers.  The 4473s are currently only held by the retailer, they are not entered into any central ATF database.  And in fact the NRA pushed legislation to make it illegal for ATF to put it into a central database.  So there's no central system to help identify and flag someone who may have bought 2000 guns over the span of 10 years to resell to criminals.  That alone is a crystal clear demonstration of a broken system, and those expected to "enforce the current laws" having their hands tied and being blindfolded.[/quote]

Does the NRA still have any power?  Have they fallen apart after the scandals of recent years?   Can we get legislation through now?[/quote]

The N.R.A.  never HAD the power. They might’ve written a few campaign donation checks, but the REAL power is the hundred million gun owners who vote (mostly) republican, and will not support anyone seen as a gun banner. And the N.R.A. isn’t the only gun rights group who bestows politicians with approval or disapproval. But the real power is and has always been in gun owners who vote. [/quote]

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