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Washington, DC—Guns are stolen or sometimes simply
lost. You can believe that loads of hot
guns are in criminal hands waiting for an opportunity for deadly mayhem.
The ones reported stolen are listed by gun’s make, model and
serial number are listed in the giant NCIC computer maintained by the FBI. Additional information such as the police
agency report number is also listed.
That’s so that a recovered guns can be used to prosecute the criminals
in possession and so the gun could be returned to its owners.
Incredibly, by law the government has kept this information
secret from the public, licensed gun dealers and firearm repair
businesses. Guns that are bought, sold
or repaired are never compared with the list of hot guns. It’s impossible to say how many criminals
avoid detection, arrest and punishment because of this unforgivable and asinine
government loophole.
Cops on the street occasionally run serial numbers of guns
that are found in possession of suspected criminal and once in a while an
arrest is made.
If the list were a public record law-abiding gun owners
would never buy a gun without whipping out their trusty iPad and checking the
number. The dealers, repair centers and
the public would be more than willing to call the cops and make sure the gun
was returned to its rightful owner.
Along the way the criminals involved would be facing arrest and
prosecution. There’s no question that
lives would be saved.
Okay my blog visitors are pretty smart people and I have
loads of cops that read my stories. I
want someone, anyone to offer up a good reason that the NCIC hot gun list
should not be made public. Somehow I don’t
think that will happen.
Perhaps it’s time to ask the politicians for a real “common
sense” gun law that would bring about the arrest of many armed criminals. If you’re like me you know our politicians
advocacy of gun control is nearly always disingenuous. Making the hot gun list public is a true no
brainer.
Great Idea!
ReplyDeleteThe reason is because most in the LE field feel that this is "special" info and only "they" have access to it.This is because "they" have a perceived need for specialness to fuel their delusions and grandeur thoughts,like its a special security clearance,like they are 007.
ReplyDeleteYes Paul, so true. This, and many other things, should be easily available to the Public. Unfortunately, Politicians dont care about effective Law Enforcement, they care about Political Power, Control, Money, and Votes, little else.
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