We're the Only Ones in Public/Private Partnership Enough

The feds are investigating gun purchases made by Village of Montgomery police officers while longtime Officer in Charge Jack Byrnes Jr. was running the department, according to people familiar with the investigation.

Those people say that at least one federal law-enforcement agency is assembling a paper trail to track the movement of the guns — including documents pertaining to the private security business that is Byrnes' bread-and-butter.

In one case, a source said that the FBI received copies of handgun sale slips documenting purchases by Byrnes. Those records are normally kept by the state police Pistol Permit Bureau, which documents all legal handgun transactions in New York.

I wonder if the Montgomery "Only Ones" will let us ordinary citizens keep our own gun purchase records, away from the prying eyes of the state Pistol Permit Bureau?

[Via Declan]