Today's New
York Times ran an editorial blasting a law enforcement protection measure, the
Tiahrt Amendment, which secures federal firearms trace data from the general
public. According to the Times, the Tiahrt Amendment should be repealed because
it only serves to " “protect shady gun dealers and gun traffickers from
detection, arrest and punishment.”
Of
course, nothing could be further from the truth. The Tiahrt Amendment (which is supported by ATF and the Fraternal Order of
Police) only limits general public access to firearms trace data so as to
protect ongoing criminal investigations and to save the lives of law enforcement
officers and others. No law enforcement agency in the country has ever been
denied access to firearm trace data about their community by ATF. Not a single
one.
One would
think that the New York Times, sharing a home with Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
would remember the damage caused by the mayor of Gotham when he misused tracing data to launch so-called
“sting” operations against firearms retailers – without the knowledge of either
ATF or his own police department. Mr. Bloomberg interfered with as many as 18
on-going criminal investigations forcing ATF to pull agents out of the field for
their own protection.
This
morning NSSF fired off a letter to the editor. You may want to do the
same.
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