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Originally Posted by Mr Tonka
It roughly knows of the number of new firearms sold because of the FBI national background checks performed for each purchase. But it does not have a list of type, brand or serial numbers for firearms manufactured or sold.
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Yes, this is my understanding as well, the paper/computer records are there but the government has to manually check the records. The case of the Vegas guy, they know records of his background checks and knew what dealers he bought guns from, so they could quickly got to them and find out his purchase history. But they do not know where all he bought ammo. The gun control people want records of ammo purchase as well, they want to have it registered as well.
The biggest reason the gun lobby will not allow the gun database to be held by the government is what happen in the UK, everyone had to register their guns and then eventually they outlaw the ownership and then had a list to know who to collect from.