Is the gun registry an easy target ?

[swampsniper]

From Canada, another reason not to register.
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Is the gun registry an easy target for computer hackers?


John Hicks, an Orillia-area computer consultant, has never owned a gun. However, during his three-year tenure as the webmaster for the Canadian Firearms Centre, he was shocked to discover that anyone with a home computer could have easily accessed names, addresses and detailed shopping lists (including make, model and serial number) of literally millions of registered guns belonging to millions of unsuspecting licensed firearms owners.
"During my tenure as the CFC webmaster I duly informed management that the website that interfaced to the firearms registry was flawed. It took some $15 million to develop and I broke it inside of about 30 minutes," said Mr. Hicks who contacted the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters after hearing about our organization's outrage over a map showing gun owners in Ontario that was posted on the Toronto Star's website.

"I have to say that a map of such information isn't quite as useful as what I know for a fact was available for years from the C.F.C. website. Someone out there may very well have your address, " said Mr. Hicks.

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http://www.lufa.ca/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=5849

 

[Oldtimer]

The article concerned Canada, not the USA....BUT it's probably just as easy for an accomplished "hacker" to compromise ALL of us American gun owners!

On top of that, can we truly TRUST total strangers who work in the various government agencies that handle gun registration documents?

Several years ago, a young female employee of the California Department of Justice didn't need to "hack" into the computerized gun registration files....she was authorized access to them, due to her employment position. Well, she printed out numerous computer runs of gun owners, listing WHAT they owned and WHERE they lived. Those print outs were handed to her gang-banger boyfriend.

After several residential burglaries took place where GUNS seemed to be the specific target of the break-ins, a police detective noted the trend and began to put the puzzle pieces together. His investigation eventually focused upon the young lady, and she was arrested. Her boyfriend was eventually arrested, and numerous print outs were confiscated from his residence, along with the retrieval of most of the stolen firearms. The print outs covered a VAST number of gun owners, but only a fraction of those listed on the print outs had been "victimized".

NO, I can't condone the "illegal" purchase of any firearm, for that can only lead to problems. The "registration" procedure, however, needs to be looked at!

 

[Just_a_dude_with_a_gun]

Condoning the 'illegal' procurement of firearms depends on what you consider "illegal".

Responsible citizens used to buy guns transactionally, at autoparts and hardware stores, with no checks whatsoever.

When you're not doing anything illegal, the government has a knack for making what you are doing, illegal.

 

[Maxwell]

You cant have an electronic system to track legal buyers while also not exposing them as targets to criminals or corrupt law enforcement. Im already purturbed that my name, address, race, and weapon are listed in an FBI or BATFEM computer. One slip up and all that data winds up on the internet

I think that having your background checked is bad enough. Theres no reason to mention why its being checked or keep a record of why they were checking after its complete.
Theres even less reason to list the names of CCW holders, that defeats the purpose behind having concealed weapons in the first place.