To all the FFL holders...is the gubment making copies?

[338Shooter]

 

[10Seconds]

My guess is that when the ATF does show up and make copies legitimately they illegitimately keep those copies forever. Also would not be surprised if extra records are copied 'accidentally.'

 

[cktad]

If they are, it is highly illegal IMHO.
4473 data is NOT to be stored by the federal government in any way.
This is to prevent an national registry of firearm ownership, which is illegal.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act#Registry_prohibition
For more info!

Really, didn't you read the wikipedia info?
"4. Out of Business Records. Data is manually collected from paper Out-of-Business records (or input from computer records) and entered into the trace system by ATF. These are registration records which include name and address, make, model, serial and caliber of the firearm(s), as well as data from the 4473 form - in digital or image format. In March, 2010, ATF reported receiving several hundred million records since 1968. "