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>background checks totally aren't to make a registry so the government can confiscate guns
Baltimore wants to know where guns used in crimes come from. It’s suing the ATF to get the data.
Lee O. Sanderlin
12/19/2023 11:28 a.m. ESTUpdated 12/19/2023 1:50 p.m. EST
Evidence markers are placed at a shooting scene in the 2400 block of Maisel Court on Saturday, April 15.
Evidence markers are placed at a shooting scene in the 2400 block of Maisel Court on April 15. The city is suing the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for access to data about where the guns used in city crimes originate. (Emily Sullivan/The Baltimore Banner)
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is suing the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for data about where guns used in city crimes originate, the latest move from city leaders to address the proliferation of firearms plaguing Baltimore.
Everytown for Gun Safety, a national nonprofit advocating for gun control, is providing legal assistance for the lawsuit that seeks five years of ATF “trace data,” which shows where a gun police recover was manufactured to where it was sold at retail. That information is regulated by a federal law, known as the Tiahrt Amendment, which only allows it to be shared for law enforcement purposes. Baltimore officials filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the data in September but were rejected.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and seeks to have a judge order the ATF to approve the city’s data request.
>background checks totally aren't to make a registry so the government can confiscate guns
Baltimore wants to know where guns used in crimes come from. It’s suing the ATF to get the data.
Lee O. Sanderlin
12/19/2023 11:28 a.m. ESTUpdated 12/19/2023 1:50 p.m. EST
Evidence markers are placed at a shooting scene in the 2400 block of Maisel Court on Saturday, April 15.
Evidence markers are placed at a shooting scene in the 2400 block of Maisel Court on April 15. The city is suing the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for access to data about where the guns used in city crimes originate. (Emily Sullivan/The Baltimore Banner)
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is suing the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for data about where guns used in city crimes originate, the latest move from city leaders to address the proliferation of firearms plaguing Baltimore.
Everytown for Gun Safety, a national nonprofit advocating for gun control, is providing legal assistance for the lawsuit that seeks five years of ATF “trace data,” which shows where a gun police recover was manufactured to where it was sold at retail. That information is regulated by a federal law, known as the Tiahrt Amendment, which only allows it to be shared for law enforcement purposes. Baltimore officials filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the data in September but were rejected.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., and seeks to have a judge order the ATF to approve the city’s data request.
