GUN REGISTRATION      "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserver neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin "I have not one doubt, even if I am in agreement with the National Rifle Association, that that kind of a record-keeping procedures is the first step to eventual confiscation under one administration or another." Avowed handgun prohibitionist Charles Morgan, as director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington office, in a 1975 hearing before the House Subcommittee on Crime committing on the treasury department's unique serial number scheme.   Gun Registry Law Suit - ACSL et. al. vs. Tom Ridge    Feds Direct State Police to Destroy Database COMMONWEALTH COURT ALLOW STATE TO KEEP RECORDS ON FIREARM OWNERS Acsl & Lehigh Valley Firearms Coalition Appeal to Pennsylvania Supreme Court Appeal of Decision   STATE POLICE BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT BY ACLS IN APPEAL TO PA SUPREME COURT The Road to The Supreme Court The ACSL's continuous fight to protect Gun Owners Freedoms The Pennsylvania Supreme Court informed the ACSL in early March that our briefs would be due on April 23, 2002, and that a hearing will be held in Pittsburgh.  Judging by the court's normal schedule that hearing would have taken place sometimes in September of 2002.  Due to an over scheduled docket the court postponed the hearing. See ACSL's Analysis of the Decision See ACSL's News Release on Appeal See ACSL's Appeal of the Commonwealth Court's decision. See the ACSL's Brief filed before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Brief is 1.2 Megs) See the ACSL Reply Brief before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to the Brady Challenge FBI Responds to Gun Owner about Retention of Records If there was any doubt in your mind as to the intention of the FBI to maintain records of you on your next purchase of a firearm, you must read this letter from the FBI's National Instant Check System (NICS). NICS-FBI Letter In HTML Format NICS-FBI Letter In Word Format Gun Registration Important Information You should know about Gun Registration and How it will lead to gun confiscation. New York Lesson   FIST -  The Federal Government's Attempt at Gun Registration This program is still in effect.  A FIST coordinator still has an office in the State Police Headquarter. Computer Mapping If you ever wonder how the Government plans to locate your firearms that becomes clear when you read the D-Map program developed by the Carnegie Mellon University for the Justice Department. This is the very same program that was to be implemented in the Pittsburgh Gun Registration Scheme. Chicago's Mayor Daley Gun Registration Proposal   United State Supreme Court Ruling on Gun Registration Haynes v. United States - A 1968 U.S. Supreme Court Ruling declaring that anyone with a criminal background does not have to register his/her firearm. The court ruled that in doing so would be an admission to the criminal background and that would be a violation of the individual's right against self-incrimination