New York Times -- Dangerously Wrong

 

 

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New York Times -- Dangerously Wrong

via NSSF: Aiming for Accuracy by Ted Novin on 2/20/09

Today's New York Times ran an editorial blasting a law enforcement protection measure, the Tiahrt Amendment, which secures federal firearms trace data from the general public.  According to the Times, the Tiahrt Amendment should be repealed because it only serves to " ???protect shady gun dealers and gun traffickers from detection, arrest and punishment.???

Of course, nothing could be further from the truth.  The Tiahrt Amendment (which is supported by ATF and the Fraternal Order of Police) only limits general public access to firearms trace data so as to protect ongoing criminal investigations and to save the lives of law enforcement officers and others.  No law enforcement agency in the country has ever been denied access to firearm trace data about their community by ATF. Not a single one.

One would think that the New York Times, sharing a home with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, would remember the damage caused by the mayor of Gotham when he misused tracing data to launch so-called ???sting??? operations against firearms retailers ??? without the knowledge of either ATF or his own police department.  Mr. Bloomberg interfered with as many as 18 on-going criminal investigations forcing ATF to pull agents out of the field for their own protection.

This morning NSSF fired off a letter to the editor. You may want to do the same.

 

 

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