grantmartinez•1mo agoProlific Poster

Last Friday at the gun show in Phoenix threw me for a loop

I went to grab some ammo and ended up talking to this old guy who claimed the government tracks every round sold through digital inventory systems. He showed me a spreadsheet from a buddy at a distributor that had quantities matching state purchase logs. Has anyone else heard about this or was he just another tin foil hat type?

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the_alice1mo ago

He's not totally wrong. Those digital inventory systems at big box stores like Sportsman's Warehouse definitely sync with state databases for background check logs. A buddy of mine in distribution says the ATF has been pushing for that level of tracking for years now. Have you checked your own purchase history against what's public record?

richard_anderson1mo ago

Man, that's rough. I really feel for anyone stuck in that kind of confusing spot between what we hear and what actually happens.

taraanderson1mo ago

That sync doesn't actually work the way people think. I work with a local FFL who tested this last year by buying a shotgun and a rifle at different big box stores on the same day. Neither one showed up in the state's public lookup tool. The background check logs are stored separately from inventory systems in most cases. The ATF has been asking for better tracking but stores push back hard because it costs money to upgrade old systems. Sportsman's Warehouse alone still uses paper logbooks in half their locations, I've seen it. Your buddy might be talking about a pilot program that hasn't rolled out anywhere yet.