Gun Control: Statutory Disclosure Limitations on ATF Firearms Trace Data and Multiple Handgun Sales Reports

Krouse, William J.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Criminal justice;    Firearms;    Firearms control;    Firearms owners;    Civil liberties;   

RP-ID  :  RS22458
RP-ID  :  RS22458_2009May27

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report briefly describes a provision known as the "Tiahrt" amendment, a rider on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) appropriations that prohibits ATF from disclosing firearm trace data and multiple handgun sales reports data for any purpose other than supporting a criminal investigatoin or agency licensing proceeding. The Tiahrt amendment is so called because its sponsor is Representative Todd Tiahrt. A coalition of 210 city mayors favors the repeal of this rider, but there is much opposition to that motion.