Source: https://everytownresearch.org/law/everytown-for-gun-safety-v-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 14:36:51+00:00

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Everytown for Gun Safety filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Everytown v. ATF) seeking public records on crime guns from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The complaint was filed under the Freedom of Information Act and seeks public records containing aggregate data on guns recovered from crime scenes nationwide that ATF has successfully traced to their origins. This type of data – which the ATF has previously released – provides unique insights into how criminals acquire firearms and how traffickers move guns across state-lines, and is essential for the study of gun violence.
reduce gun crime and save lives.
its Firearms Tracing System. In 2014, ATF responded to 364,441 trace requests.
tie disclosure information specific particular ATF made similar aggregate agency records public upon request, with limited exceptions.
ATF — to make agency records available to the public upon request, with limited exceptions.
sort that plaintiff seeks here. See, e.g., Pub. L. 110-161, 121 Stat. 1844.
also has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1331 and 5 U.S.C. §§ 701 – 706.
Venue lies in this district under 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(B).
movement of American mothers founded the day after the Sandy Hook tragedy.
Government and is an agency within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. §552(f)(1).
trace data epitomizes this approach.
“Trace The Guns,” which updated the original report’s findings.
of time between when a gun is sold by a dealer and its recovery during a criminal investigation).
14. ATF readily disclosed all but the “Time to Crime” data in 2009.
agreed to disclose the “Time to Crime” numbers. Defendant Letter of March 4, 2010.
Everytown no choice but to file this lawsuit.
18. On April 25, 2013, ATF rejected this request. According to ATF, “the information . . .
restricted by the appropriations bill (or any other law or regulation).
any concerns about using appropriated funds to fulfill the request.
statutory duty to release records containing aggregate statistical trace data.
was left with no choice but to commence this action.
restriction on using funds to disclose trace data on individual firearms.
fell squarely within the aggregate statistical data exemption to the general appropriations bar.
OIP acknowledged receipt of the appeal on August 29, 2014.
responsive records more than six months ago.
Records Sought by Plaintiff’s Requests.
31. Plaintiff repeats and realleges paragraphs 1-30.
requests violates FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3)(A).
33. Plaintiff repeats and realleges paragraphs 1-30.
FOIA, 5 U.S.C. § 552(a).
35. Plaintiff repeats and realleges paragraphs 1-30.
36. Defendant’s failure to timely respond to plaintiff’s requests violates FOIA, 5 U.S.C.
§ 552(a)(6)(A)(i), and ATF’s own regulations promulgated thereunder.
c) grant such other relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

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