The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR by an official who was not allowed to speak publicly.

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    3 days ago

    As long as they don’t make a list of all the gun owners, they’ll probably retain power.

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        Doubtful that any lists they have are particularly accurate. There’s a lot of loopholes and decentralization/fragmentation on where that information is.

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          Several states require firearm registration, as does the fed for certain types of firearms.

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            That’s an interesting way of spelling, “no.”

            Most states do not require firearms registration. There’s a handful that explicitly prohibit it. As far as states that have a general firearms registration is concerned, it’s limited to Hawaii and DC, so sure… you’ll get some people on a list there.

            CA, CT, NY - there’s only a registry for certain types, not all.

            There’s also no federal firearms registry whatsoever.

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              All they have to do is grab a copy of the NRA membership roster and mandate that gun stores turn over sales records for purchases of guns or ammunition.

              I guarantee they can get you on a list pretty quick if they want to.

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              That’s an interesting way of spelling, “no.”

              But the answer isn’t “no”. There are lists. That’s what the registry is. It’s a literal list of people who own firearms.