Comment on FR Doc # 2026-08929
Richard ToddOpposeIndividual
Summary: The commenter opposes the proposed action, arguing that any retention of firearm records violates the Firearms Owners' Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986. They assert that federal law prohibits the creation of a registry of firearms, owners, or transactions.
It doesnt matter if you retain it for 30 years or 30 seconds, you are in violation of Federal law. You may NOT circumvent Federal Law, nor are you above it. You are BOUND BY IT.
Firearms Owners’ Protection Act (FOPA), 1986
Under 18 U.S.C. §926, the Attorney General is authorized to prescribe the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the GCA. Section 6 of FOPA amended Section 926 to prohibit a registry of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions. The pertinent language of Section 926 reads:
No such rule or regulation prescribed after the date of the enactment of the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act may require that records required to be maintained under this chapter or any portion of the contents of such records, be recorded at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or any political subdivision thereof, nor that any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions be established. Nothing in this section expands or restricts the Secretary’s [Attorney General’s] authority to inquire into the disposition of any firearm in the course of a criminal investigation.