Comment on FR Doc # 2026-08929

I strongly oppose ATF’s proposed rule on Firearm Records Retention Periods (RIN 1140–AA95). Returning to a 20-year or 30-year retention period is not going back far enough. That simply restores a failed status quo held under the Obama Administration. ATF should use this rulemaking to dismantle the registry infrastructure altogether, and set the retention period to ZERO, especially for FFLs that go out of business. The federal government has no business forcing gun dealers to preserve firearm transaction records for decades, and ATF has no business maintaining out-of-business dealer records in a way that allows the agency to compile, preserve, or search records of law-abiding gun owners. ATF Form 4473 records contain sensitive personal information about Americans who are exercising a constitutionally protected right. When those records are kept for decades and later transferred to ATF, they become the building blocks of a national gun owner registry. That is unacceptable. The Second Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. That right is undermined when the federal government maintains systems that can be used to track gun owners, monitor lawful firearm purchases, or preserve firearm transaction records for future enforcement campaigns. Texas Gun Rights will keep me informed of your actions.