Gun-Show Customers? License Plates Come Under Scrutiny - WSJ
Oct. 2, 2016 7:35 p.m. ET
Federal agents have persuaded police officers to scan license plates to gather information about gun-show customers, government emails show, raising questions about how officials monitor constitutionally protected activity...
...The investigative tactic concerns privacy and guns-rights advocates, who call it an invasion of privacy. The law-enforcement officials say it is an important and legal tool for pursuing dangerous, hard-to-track illegal activity.
There is no indication the gun-show surveillance led to any arrests or investigative leads, but the officials didn’t rule out that such surveillance may have happened elsewhere...
Further:
Feds enlist police to scan gun-show customers' license plates, report finds | Fox News
Federal Agency Pushed Law Enforcement to Scan License Plates of Gun Show Attendees - Breitbart
Oct. 2, 2016 7:35 p.m. ET
Federal agents have persuaded police officers to scan license plates to gather information about gun-show customers, government emails show, raising questions about how officials monitor constitutionally protected activity...
...The investigative tactic concerns privacy and guns-rights advocates, who call it an invasion of privacy. The law-enforcement officials say it is an important and legal tool for pursuing dangerous, hard-to-track illegal activity.
There is no indication the gun-show surveillance led to any arrests or investigative leads, but the officials didn’t rule out that such surveillance may have happened elsewhere...
Further:
Feds enlist police to scan gun-show customers' license plates, report finds | Fox News
Federal Agency Pushed Law Enforcement to Scan License Plates of Gun Show Attendees - Breitbart