http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/0,1038,500213298-500300906-501661059-0,00.html
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The Associated Press
CHICAGO (June 7, 2000 10:42 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Chicago sued a federal law enforcement agency on Wednesday seeking confidential data concerning gun buyers nationwide in an effort to bolster its $433 million lawsuit against the firearms industry.
The city is seeking a nationwide list of those who have bought more than one gun in a five-day period. That list is kept on a databank maintained by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
City officials claim that manufacturers deliberately market guns to criminals, and they want the ATF's list to track major gun dealers - who possibly supply street gangs - by purchasing patterns.
ATF spokesman Tom Ahern said that handing over the list would violate the privacy rights of law-abiding gun purchasers and that personal information on the list could jeopardize investigations and the safety of undercover ATF agents.
The city filed suit in 1998 against 23 gun manufacturers and 13 suburban gun dealers to recoup losses incurred by gun violence.[/quote]
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"Anyone feel like saluting the flag which the strutting ATF and FBI gleefully raised over the smoldering crematorium of Waco, back in April of ‘93?" -Vin Suprynowicz
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The Associated Press
CHICAGO (June 7, 2000 10:42 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Chicago sued a federal law enforcement agency on Wednesday seeking confidential data concerning gun buyers nationwide in an effort to bolster its $433 million lawsuit against the firearms industry.
The city is seeking a nationwide list of those who have bought more than one gun in a five-day period. That list is kept on a databank maintained by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
City officials claim that manufacturers deliberately market guns to criminals, and they want the ATF's list to track major gun dealers - who possibly supply street gangs - by purchasing patterns.
ATF spokesman Tom Ahern said that handing over the list would violate the privacy rights of law-abiding gun purchasers and that personal information on the list could jeopardize investigations and the safety of undercover ATF agents.
The city filed suit in 1998 against 23 gun manufacturers and 13 suburban gun dealers to recoup losses incurred by gun violence.[/quote]
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"Anyone feel like saluting the flag which the strutting ATF and FBI gleefully raised over the smoldering crematorium of Waco, back in April of ‘93?" -Vin Suprynowicz