What is 'ATF crime gun trace data'?

What is 'ATF crime gun trace data'?

Larry Pratt (Executive Director, Gun Owners of America) gives expert video advice on: What is an 'assault weapon'?; What is the difference between a handgun and an 'assault weapon'?; What is an assault rifle? and more...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is capable of doing a trace of a particular firearm because it will be identifiable by brand and serial number. They can go back to the manufacturer and say, "When did you sell this numbered gun to the first person?"Then they go to that distributor. Then they go to the dealer. Then they go to the other dealers that might have been involved until eventually they know perhaps, where the gun is and where it went because people in most states in this country can give guns to other people. They can sell guns to other people and there is no record of it kept.