Ashcroft to Sue to Keep Gun Database Away From Cops
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has threatened to criminally prosecute "California's top firearms official over the state's continued use of a federal databank to hunt down illegal gun users."
"The threat marks a significant escalation in the war between California law enforcement and U.S. officials over gun control and background checks. State officials said that until John Ashcroft became U.S. attorney general in 2001, California's use of the databank was not questioned."
We have to say, we don't want cops using the databank either. Guess we're siding with Ashcroft on this one.
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