And it's not in the hands of FEMA or some other evil gumment agency!
While the National Rifle Association publicly fights against a
national gun registry, the organization has gone to incredible lengths
to compile information on “tens of millions” of gun owners — without
their consent.
But in fact, the sort of vast, secret database the NRA often warns of
already exists, despite having been assembled largely without the
knowledge or consent of gun owners. It is housed in the Virginia offices
of the NRA itself. The country’s largest privately held database of
current, former, and prospective gun owners is one of the powerful
lobby’s secret weapons, expanding its influence well beyond its
estimated 3 million members and bolstering its political supremacy.
That
database has been built through years of acquiring gun permit
registration lists from state and county offices, gathering names of new
owners from the thousands of gun-safety classes taught by NRA-certified
instructors and by buying lists of attendees of gun shows, subscribers
to gun magazines and other sources.
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