Comment on FR Doc # 2026-09158
James PeedenOpposeIndividual
Summary: The commenter, a former FFL holder, opposes the proposed rule because they believe electronic recordkeeping will lead to misuse of information and privacy violations. They argue that paper ledgers were sufficient and cite Supreme Court case law regarding tracking to support their position.
I am opposed to this rule for firearms electronic record keeping, I was an FFL holder years ago and I used Acquisition and Disposition ledgers and they required zero updates and are easily accessed when necessary. However when I was an FFL holder records were only required to be retained for 15 years, I haven't understood yet why records are kept longer, indefinitely now, and yes I believe my records are still being held after I ceased business. To require searchable records from electronic systems can and probably will experience misuse and abuse from future legislations, this has been proven many times.
Please rescind this proposed rule as the American People should be free from future misuse of their information.
To use this proposed Firearms Electronic Recordkeeping rule there is case law from Carpenter v. United States (2018) and Chatrie v. United States (2026) where the Supreme Court ruled on tracking that hopefully will prevent this proposed rule from being enacted.
Thank you for your consideration