The Scope and Implications of a Tracing Mechanism for Small Arms ...
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Notes<br />
1<br />
<strong>The</strong> author would like to thank Mujahid Alam, Brigadier, Pakistan<br />
Military—UN Commission <strong>of</strong> Inquiry on Rw<strong>and</strong>a; Péricles Gasparini<br />
Alves, Director <strong>of</strong> UN LiREC; J.A.J. (Mike) Buisson, Assistant<br />
Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Firearms Act<br />
Program; Riccardo De-Caris, Director Legal Section Support Services,<br />
South African Police Service; Murray A Smith, Chief Scientist—<br />
Firearms, RCMP Central Forensic Laboratory, Ottawa; Gary L Thomas,<br />
Chief, Firearms Programs Division, US Bureau <strong>of</strong> Alcohol Tobacco <strong>and</strong><br />
Firearms; Dr. Stefano Toscano, Federal Department <strong>of</strong> Foreign Affairs,<br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong>; Representatives <strong>of</strong> the Australian Ministry <strong>of</strong> Defence;<br />
Representatives <strong>of</strong> the Swiss Ministry <strong>of</strong> Defence; Representatives <strong>of</strong><br />
the British Security Service, Foreign Office, Ministry <strong>of</strong> Defence, HM<br />
Customs <strong>and</strong> Excise, <strong>and</strong> the National Criminal Intelligence Service.<br />
2<br />
CIP member States: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Chile, Finl<strong>and</strong>,<br />
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Russia, Slovakia, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
United Kingdom.<br />
3<br />
<strong>The</strong> RCMP has licensed sales <strong>of</strong> their FREDES <strong>and</strong> FRT programmes to<br />
a private company, Computer Aids Incorporated—<br />
Gilles_Verner@notes.compaid.com—<strong>and</strong>, <strong>for</strong> example, FRT will cost<br />
between US$ 1,000 <strong>and</strong> 1,500 to buy the complete database on 2 CD<br />
ROMs compared to the CDN$ 7 million it cost to create.<br />
4<br />
It is appreciated that, on constitutional grounds, the US does not<br />
permit personal firearm registration. Nevertheless, tracing remains<br />
effective due to a federal requirement that all sales be recorded, <strong>and</strong><br />
these are then notified to the ATF <strong>and</strong> centrally held at their National<br />
<strong>Tracing</strong> Center (NTC). (Other countries, which have legislated <strong>for</strong><br />
firearm ownership, require individual licensing <strong>and</strong> registration).<br />
5<br />
Article 4 CIP Regulations requires the Pro<strong>of</strong> House to verify that marks<br />
have been applied in a clearly visible <strong>and</strong> durable manner on at least<br />
one highly stressed component <strong>of</strong> each firearm detailing manufacturer,<br />
serial number <strong>and</strong> calibre.<br />
6<br />
Sirene is the computer system shared by those European countries<br />
which are also parties to the Schengen Agreement to exchange<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation between their law en<strong>for</strong>cement agencies. Amongst the<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation held are details <strong>of</strong> stolen high value vehicles <strong>and</strong> all stolen<br />
firearms.<br />
7<br />
http://salsa.oceanus.ca/<br />
8<br />
www.cicad.oas.org <strong>and</strong> www.unlirec.org.