Yes, of course, Senator, and I agree with you. It is an extraordinarily valuable law enforcement tool, but it can be abused. And so what The ATF has to make sure we're using those tracing, the tracing data. And by the way, it's not just for federal cases, it's for state and local cases, it's for local crimes. And so it's a true testament of the power of the federal government to help the states. We have to make sure that that data is shared only where it needs to be shared and only to further law enforcement investigations. (01:06–01:17)
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