WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Mike Crapo issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) has teamed up with U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) and U.S. Representative Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) to continue a bicameral fight to prohibit states, localities or any other organization from using federal funding and background check information to maintain gun registries.
"Federal dollars should never be used to establish or maintain gun owner registries," said Crapo. "This bill would protect the privacy and Second Amendment rights of lawful gun owners by strengthening existing federal law to make clear that no state or federal agency collecting federal tax dollars can use federal funds to compile and store sensitive p...