In the introduction to the report, Mr Gary Restaino, the bureau's interim director, wrote that the purpose of releasing the data was to"prevent diversion of these firearms from the legal to the illegal market."
"It's important to know what the scope and size of the overall market is, and the commerce report sheds light on that," said Mr Nick Suplina, senior vice-president with Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control group founded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The gun industry has long resisted the disclosure of some firearms data collected by ATF. A series of Republican-sponsored measures, pushed by the National Rifle Association, restricts officials at the bureau from releasing trace data and other information to the public.
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