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WASHINGTON - "The Supreme Court plunged into the gun debate today, agreeing to decide whether the government can withhold information on some gun purchases and crimes, including details of database checks like those used to track weapons in the sniper case."
"The Bush administration, backed by the National Rifle Association and a police group, claims that confidential records are needed to safeguard investigations and protect people's privacy."
"Critics say the administration's policy keeps the public in the dark about gun violence and how well crime-fighters are doing."
"At issue for the Supreme Court is the scope of a federal public information law, which allows reporters and other outsiders to get unclassified government records that officials would not otherwise release."
"The court will decide if the release of the data could interfere with law enforcement efforts, which would exempt it from the sunshine law." ...
"The city of Chicago, which is suing the gun industry, filed suit to obtain the information under the Freedom of Information Act. Chicago is trying to recover money for gun violence. It claims marketing practices led to lawbreaking." ...
" 'There is simply no reasonable expectation of privacy involved in the purchase of firearms. And the recovery of a firearm by the authorities in the course of a criminal investigation is even less private,' the Supreme Court was told by Lawrence Rosenthal, Chicago's attorney." ...
"The case is United States Department of the Treasury v. City of Chicago, 02-322." [Click above link to read whole report.] |
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