Rand Study On Ammo Sales Confirms Ammo Sales Records Useless

Rand Study On Ammo Sales Confirms Ammo Sales Records Useless: "The Rand Report concluded that while ammunition sales records can provide information for generating leads on illegal firearm possession, the information was not being used. The study shows that because of the tremendous manpower involved in monitoring the records and doing background checks, the Los Angeles Police Department is largely not doing so."

-From NRAMembersCouncils.com

The City of Pasadena was one of the first in this area to record ammo sales. They ended the program after they realized that they had a file cabinet stuffed with useless information. I know that the LAPD's gun detail does collect the sales info from local gun shops. (The one I frequent is Turner's in Reseda. The guys there say that West Valley division collects the info.) But from there, the information is useless. Other cities have tried similar schemes to track ammunition; however, to the best of my knowledge, none of these programs has produced results. Not one can claim to have solved a crime or produced evidence that convicted a criminal.