BATFE ACKNOWLEDGES A NATIONWIDE DATABASE OF GUN OWNERS

[Tim Nunan]

http://www.njdems.org/press_display.php?ID=169

Governor Announces Historic Partnership with ATF to Trace Illegal Firearms
For Immediate Release
August 15th, 2007 Contact Office of the Governor
609-777-2600

TRENTON - Governor Jon S. Corzine, along with Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia division of the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Mark Potter, Attorney General Anne Milgram and New Jersey State Police Superintendent Colonel Rick Fuentes today announced a historic agreement between New Jersey and the ATF that will allow the state to more effectively trace the sources of illegal firearms through real-time electronic access to the ATF's e-Trace system.

"Gun violence in New Jersey and across America is stealing young lives and killing innocent people. Together, we must all do more to provide security for our communities and families," Corzine said. "This new, first-in-the-nation partnership will allow us to pursue, arrest and prosecute the purchasers and sellers of illegal guns that have plagued our streets and communities for far too long."

E-trace is a nationwide database maintained by the ATF that lists a firearm's first purchaser, date of purchase and the retailer from which it was purchased. The information is compiled from police records of gun purchases provided by local departments, but until today was only accessible by the ATF and the police department that provided it.

"Firearms tracing identifies the illegal source of firearms and provides law enforcement invaluable leads to target firearms traffickers," said Special Agent Potter. "The New Jersey State Police and ATF have partnered in this country's first of a kind state clearing house for gun tracing. The importance of this project cannot be minimized:
comprehensive firearms tracing saves lives."

"This is a critically important partnership to help us trace illegal guns that are used in crimes in New Jersey," Attorney General Anne Milgram said. "It will help us use intelligence-led policing to catch criminals and stop the spread of illegal guns."

The Attorney General also announced today that she is issuing a directive to all police departments in the state that will require the departments to forward all gun tracing information to E-Trace to create a data-base that can be shared by all law enforcement in the state. Currently, only 30 percent of local departments across the nation provide firearm sourcing information to the e-Trace system.

The new agreement will give the State Police real-time access to the system. State Police personnel at the Regional Operations Intelligence Center (the ROIC) will be on site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to identify source purchasers, source states, source vendors, types of weapons, dates of first purchases and individuals trafficking firearms into or within New Jersey.

"Partnering with the ATF, the New Jersey State Police will now have direct access to national firearms purchasing data. This will streamline the tracing of illegal firearms back to the source, giving us a better shot at finding and arresting the person who pulled the trigger," said Colonel Rick Fuentes.

Additionally, Governor Corzine has asked Colonel Fuentes to work with law enforcement partners in the Northeast region to encourage them to enter into similar agreements with ATF.

In 2006, 4,743 individuals were arrested in New Jersey for possession of illegal firearms.

[TacticaLogic]

Ahhh, good old New Jersey... Such a 2nd Amendment oasis. NOT.

This state is so bassackwards that they limit possession and the carrying of hollow point ammunition to New Jersey law enforcement officers only. That's right... No citizen can carry hollow points, and even if you are a law enforcement officer that is traveling to another state whereby you must cross any portion of New Jersey, you must stop at the state line, down load your regular carry ammo and upload FMJ's, even though you can legally carry in that state due to the Law Enforcement Officer's Safety Act.

In this state, possession of ammunition or fire control parts for any firearm for which you are not shown as being registered is a crime. Purchase a box of .22 Long Rifle without owning one and you are a, a, A CRIMINAL!!! Pick up an amibidextrious safety for that custom 1911 that you want to build, but for which you have yet to purchase a frame - Oh you dirty CRIMINAL!!!

The reason that New Jersey suffers from the crime it does is because of the lack of legal guns that would (should) be owned by law abidding citizens... They have found the hassle of buying and registering to be too much trouble. But they have also become so complacent about their freedoms that they haven't felt the rising temperature of the water contained within the kettle in which they sit. Sad... Maybe, just maybe, they are starting to catch on though. They just elected a more conservative governor than they have had in years...

But hey... As far as those laws go... Take a tip from Tony Soprano: "Sit down ovah he-ah, have a slice of pizza, and fugedaboutit... Badabing!"

These little dictactors like Corzine won't stop until they have disarmed everyone but those minions that will obey only them.

-Mike

[price g]

Christie will have his hands full. The tangled web that Corzine spun will be a challenge to dismantle.

[C. Richard Archie]

Christie is simply not Corzine, he is no friend to the 2nd Amendment.

[ProguninTN]