Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
USA. 2013 ‘Retention and Destruction of Records in the System.’ Code of Federal Regulations, Title 28, Chapter I, Judicial Administration, Department of Justice; Title 28, Chapter I (Section 25.9(b)(3)). Washington, DC: Congress of the United States. 11 June
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Section 25.9 Retention and destruction of records in the system…
(b) The FBI will maintain an automated NICS Audit Log of all incoming and outgoing transactions that pass through the system…
(3) Limitation on use. The NICS, including the NICS Audit Log, may not be used by any Department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to establish any system for the registration of firearms, firearm owners, or firearm transactions or dispositions, except with respect to persons prohibited from receiving a firearm by 18 U.S.C. 922(g) or (n) or by state law. The NICS Audit Log will be monitored and reviewed on a regular basis to detect any possible misuse of NICS data…
[FBI = Federal Bureau of Investigation; NICS = National Instant Criminal Background Check System]
Last accessed at:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2010-title28-vol1/pdf/CFR-2010-title28-vol1-part25.pdf