Congress ignores mayors’ appeal on gun trace law
Posted on July 14th, 2007 by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, Bloomberg, Bureau of Alcohol, Congress, crime, Firearms and Explosives, freedom, guns, House Appropriations Committee, liberty, police, politics, privacy, tobacco, United States, United States of America, Washington, your rightsA campaign by more than 200 U.S. mayors to repeal an amendment they say makes it harder for police to trace illegal firearms between states was dealt a setback in Congress on Thursday.
The House Appropriations Committee voted by 40-26 against removing a provision that dates back to 2003 and imposes confidentiality limits on firearms trace data compiled by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Bloomberg vowed to keep pushing to eliminate the amendment.
“As happens too often in Washington, common sense didn’t carry the day — special interests did,” the mayor said.
Special interests? Yes… it’s called the Constitution of the United States of America and the Bill of Rights. While not explicitly declared in those documents, the right to privacy has been found to be implied in them.
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