JANET RENO ‘VIOLATES BRADY LAW’
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>Source: Law Enforcement Alliance of America
>Published: 3/16/00 Author: Carl Mica
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>JANET RENO ‘VIOLATES BRADY LAW,’ SAYS NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
>Contact: Carl Mica of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America
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>FALLS CHURCH, Va., March 16 /U.S. Newswire/ — “U.S. Attorney General
Janet
>Reno is violating key provisions of federal law: her actions impose
>tremendous potential liability on federal law enforcement officers, by
>establishing illegal dossier-making practices against law-abiding gun
>owners, and invading the privacy of Americans.
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>The FBI is illegally keeping a registry of firearms transactions by
>retaining records generated by the National Instant Check System. The Law
>Enforcement Alliance of America (LEAA) has joined a lawsuit to stop this
>blatant violation of federal law,” said James J. Fotis, executive
director,
>LEAA.
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>LEAA’s participation in this lawsuit is driven by the U.S. Department of
>Justice’s (DOJ’s) decision to force federal officers to violate federal law
>related to the National Instant Check System (NICS) contained in the Brady
>Act. Section 103(i) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act provides
>that no federal agency may require the federal government, states or any
>other entity to record or transfer this information. Further, it forbids
>that such information be used to establish any system of registration of
>firearms, firearms owners or firearms transactions.
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>“Obviously, Janet Reno is in clear violation of the law by storing data on
>lawful gun buyers, and she is forcing law enforcement agents to be her
pawns
>thereby also breaking the law. No one is above the law in America –
>especially not Attorney General Reno — yet she is ignoring the law for
>shear political reasons. She is illegally and unconstitutionally creating a
>national registry of gun owners, rather than focusing on prosecuting
violent
>criminals who use guns illegally,” said Fotis.
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>“The aim of this lawsuit is to protect our members — and the interests of
>all law enforcement — from the unlawful activity brought on by Reno’s
>defiance of federal law,” said Fotis.
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>“The United States Congress has voted on this issue on two occasions. Now
>Attorney General Reno is trying to thwart congressional action and
>circumvent the law. We cannot stand by and watch the security and integrity
>of our law enforcement officers sacrificed for selfish, politically
>motivated ends. We need to stop politicians from ignoring laws for
political
>purposes, and protect the men and women who put their lives on the line
>every day to protect us. LEAA’s lawsuit will help protect federal law
>enforcement agents who are vulnerable to liability if they are compelled to
>carry out Attorney General Reno’s illegal mandates” said Fotis.
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>“The Law Enforcement Alliance of America is taking a stand against the
>Attorney General, taking a stand against the willful disregard of federal
>law. LEAA hopes that the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
>Court will, as a result of the oral arguments on March 17, will render a
>decision that reflects both the simplistic nature of the dispute, and stops
>the continuing illegal and overbearing tactics of the Clinton Justice
>Department,” concluded Fotis.
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