I think that's the real issue because that's what they wanted [trace data] for and that's exactly what the bill prohibits. It's about bringing suits against gun dealers and trying to shut them down that way.

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Even if there were straw sales, straw man sales being made from dealers, that doesn't prove that the dealer was doing anything wrong. There's no evidence from tracing, because of the problems with tracing, that dealers are selling guns unlawfully. The trace couldn't indicate that and, in fact, doesn't indicate that.

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