“Congress finally got frustrated by politicians and gun-ban advocates misusing their trace data in a way that was not only misrepresenting the truth, but was releasing sensitive information that could impede criminal investigation.”
Wayne LaPierre
“GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.”
Ambrose Bierce
“If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my stature. It may well be that many East European Jews are descended from Khazars, I may be one of them. Who knows? And who cares?”
Isaac Asimov
“The more a gun is used, the less accurate the tracing can become,”
Ari Fleischer
“It's extraordinary that the chain of custody of these tapes has not been traced back. After all, they're releasing these tapes very frequently, on average once every six weeks, yet it seems that American intelligence agencies or other intelligence agencies are not capable of tracing back the source of these tapes.”
Peter Bergen
“I remain concerned that, as yet, we have not been presented with evidence that traces the chain of command and establishes the specific role of each defendant.”
Nehal Bhuta
“That assumes that trace data is meaningful in indicating that [firearms] dealers are involved in selling guns that are used in crimes. And the problem with that is that the trace data does not include all guns used in crimes, that is to say, not all trace guns are 'crime guns' and not all 'crime guns' are traced.”
Richard Gardiner
