When traveling in the western states in the late 1990s, Mary and I provided our new "LIBERTY OATH" cards to firearms dealers. In discussing the cards, the likelihood of future firearms confiscation was often pondered. Dealers occasionally referenced a movie we hadn't seen called "Red Dawn" in those conversations which was puzzling. I now believe they were implying that in case of widespread gun confiscation, their 4473 gun purchase records would be destroyed. That belated conjecture was the inspiration for Poster 26.

        A poster called "4473 FORMS AND FIREARMS FREEDOM ACTS" along with its supporting text was posted on 26 August. The text ponders conversations with gun dealers about disposition of their firearms transaction records. The status of Firearms Freedom Acts is also presented. Finally, there's a new entry in the ARTICLES AND LETTERS SECTION. It's a copy of a letter sent by Attorney General Holder to Kansas governor Brownback. In it, Holder restates earlier BATFE warnings that the federal government will not share regulatory control of firearms.