Information
on �Tiahrt Amendment� Restrictions on the Release of Crime Gun Trace
Data
Restrictions
Imposed on the Release of Crime Gun Trace Data by the �Tiahrt Amendment�
Are a Substantive Change in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) -
Fact Sheet
U.S.
Senate Appropriations Committee Rejects Amendment to Help Law Enforcement
Stop Illegal Gun Trafficking (VPC Press Release, July 13, 2006)
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Annual Appropriations
Contains Provisions That Endanger Public Safety - Fact Sheet
Testimony
of the Violence Policy Center to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies of the House Appropriations Committee
on Funding Restrictions Imposed on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives Related to the Release of Crime Gun Trace Data (April
26, 2007)
Recent Editorials Opposing Tiahrt Amendment
"Can
the House Buck the Gun Lobby?," New York Times, July 11,
2007
"Follow
the Guns: It's time for Congress to free up the data on firearms,"
Washington Post, July 11, 2007
"Fighting
gun violence Police need tools to track bad gun dealers," Sacramento
Bee, July 11, 2007
"Tiahrt
provisions in editorials' crosshairs," Wichita Eagle, July
3, 2007
"Un-Cuff
Gun Law Enforcement," Philadelphia Daily News, June 20,
2007
"How
do Tiahrt restrictions protect cops?," Wichita Eagle, June
20, 2007
"Smoking
gun," Baltimore Sun, May 4, 2007
"Editorial:
The World Is Watching," America Magazine, May 4, 2007
"Policy
Trigger: Gun control after Virginia Tech," Washington Post,
April 30, 2007
"Cops
owed access to federal gun data," The Home News Tribune,
April 23, 2007
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