Tiahrt Amendment

Timeline of the Tiahrt Amendment from its first 2003 rider limiting ATF trace data through later NICS and reporting provisions to its status in 2026.

  February 20, 2003 proposed by Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) prohibited the ATF from publicly releasing data showing where criminals purchased their firearms only law enforcement officers or prosecutors About the Tiahrt Amendment The Tiahrt Amendment is a series of riders, named for Representative Todd Tiahrt of Kansas, that Congress has attached to Justice Department appropriations … Read more

National Instant Criminal Background Check System

 launched by the FBI on November 30, 1998 United States system for determining if prospective firearms or explosives buyers’ name and birth year match those of a person who is not eligible to buy through an FFL mandated by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Law) of 1993 launched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1998 … Read more