Dreamer
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It's not a "conspiracy theory" when they admit it in print, folks...
When your firearm is seized so that an LEO can "run the serial# to be sure it's not stolen", what they are REALLY doing is most likely running the serial# through e-Trace, a nation-wide system operated by BATFE for tracing and tracking firearms, and then amending the database with your ID info for that particular firearm.
According to a recent article in the Feb 2010 issue of "The Police Chief" (an LE professionals magazine), one of the capabilities of e-Trace is that it allows anyone who does a query on a specific serial# to "add information on possessors or completed firearm descriptions", as described in this excerpt from the article:
http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/...action=display&article_id=2009&issue_id=22010
Just another reason to never give them your ID if you don't live in a state with "stop and identify" laws. If they don't have your name and address, they can't put it in their database...
It's not a "conspiracy theory" when they admit it in print, folks...
When your firearm is seized so that an LEO can "run the serial# to be sure it's not stolen", what they are REALLY doing is most likely running the serial# through e-Trace, a nation-wide system operated by BATFE for tracing and tracking firearms, and then amending the database with your ID info for that particular firearm.
According to a recent article in the Feb 2010 issue of "The Police Chief" (an LE professionals magazine), one of the capabilities of e-Trace is that it allows anyone who does a query on a specific serial# to "add information on possessors or completed firearm descriptions", as described in this excerpt from the article:
You can read the entire article here:Other eTrace Capabilities
eTrace allows for updating trace requests, adding information on possessors or completed firearms descriptions when it becomes available, and accepting batch trace submissions electronically from individual, department-generated data extracts.
http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/...action=display&article_id=2009&issue_id=22010
Just another reason to never give them your ID if you don't live in a state with "stop and identify" laws. If they don't have your name and address, they can't put it in their database...
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