22-rimfire
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Warp, that quote above was from Jim NE's post, not mine. Just saying...
But, I think we are about half-way to registration already whether we know it or not between the couple of states that maintain registries, foid cards to purchase, and outright registration. It is being handled by the States and not the Federal Government, but IF the ATF/FBI saves the NICs check information, they have a very good record of every gun sold through a FFL dealer already whether they are allowed to keep this data or not. I believe they do store this information. But I can't prove it. Will it affect me in my lifetime? Probably not.
As far as the amount of computer storage necessary, it is no big deal for the Federal Government. Consider how much stuff is already stored and especially since a lot of the old documents have been scanned for storage from hard copies.
But, I think we are about half-way to registration already whether we know it or not between the couple of states that maintain registries, foid cards to purchase, and outright registration. It is being handled by the States and not the Federal Government, but IF the ATF/FBI saves the NICs check information, they have a very good record of every gun sold through a FFL dealer already whether they are allowed to keep this data or not. I believe they do store this information. But I can't prove it. Will it affect me in my lifetime? Probably not.
As far as the amount of computer storage necessary, it is no big deal for the Federal Government. Consider how much stuff is already stored and especially since a lot of the old documents have been scanned for storage from hard copies.
