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Government Technology reserves the right to edit submissions for length. Surely all of us working in MIS in the public sector can identify with the reams of data in dusty boxes and file cabinets in thousands of file rooms that, if organized and computerized, would benefit the public immensely. The fact that Massachusetts now has gun sale records available at the click of a mouse button for law enforcement agencies is fantastic. Usually, that means sending a registered letter ordering the individual to come to the station and turn in their guns. Surprisingly, most people respond, and the local departments will even hold the weapons to facilitate a sale to a legitimate gun dealer.