Thread: First firearm data leak didn’t take long

Originally Posted by Shearer

Slightly off topic but....I recently sold a firearm. The section of the form I had to fill in to give to the buyer (to give to the police) required my name, address, phone number, email address and firearms license number. This was all done online. I asked if I could give this direct to the police but that was not an option apparently.
So I have just given these details to a total stranger. How the hell can that be a safe??? How do I, or the police, or anyone else know that person can be trusted with that information???? They could pass them on to anyone! On top of that I now have all of their details (name, FAL number etc).

That's the thing. We have got our tits in a tangle over the email "leak" 'cos its a convenient way to pour scorn on the system, but there are a myriad of ways naughty people can find out who has firearms. Almost all of them outside of the registration framework.