Dean's Bill Would End the 24-Hour Rule—Hello, Gun Registry

Rep. Madeleine Dean introduced the **Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act** in June 2025. It is not a tweak. It is not a compromise. It is a full-spectrum demolition of every protection the Tiahrt Amendment built around your gun rights.

Here is what the bill actually does—provision by provision.

It strips ATF's prohibition on sharing firearms tracing data. It blows open the FOIA restrictions that currently keep your purchase records out of public databases. It eliminates the ban on forced physical inventory audits of licensed gun dealers. And it **kills the 24-hour destruction requirement for NICS background check records.**

That last one is the one that should keep you up at night.

Federal law right now requires the FBI to destroy approved background check records within 24 hours of approval. Your name. Your firearm. Your dealer. Gone from federal files before the day is out. Dean's bill ends that requirement—indefinitely. What you buy, where you buy it, and who you are would sit on a federal server with no expiration date.

**That is not a background check system anymore. That is a registry.**

This isn't a new agenda—it's a rerun with a new sponsor. Versions of Tiahrt repeal were introduced in the 113th, 114th, and 115th Congresses by Rep. Barbara Lee. They died in committee every time. Dean is simply the latest vehicle for the same push, and the anti-gun lobby is betting this cycle is different.

The bill has not moved yet. But the April 28 House Oversight Subcommittee hearing is where anti-gun witnesses will make the full case for this legislation—on camera, on the congressional record, with media watching.

This is how it starts. Hearings build momentum. Momentum builds votes.

**Know the bill's name.** Know who introduced it. When you contact your representative after that hearing—and you should contact them before it—speak specifically. Name the bill. Ask where they stand on the Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act. That precision is what separates a constituent call that gets noted from one that gets filed.

Call your House rep before April 28. The ask is simple: no repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment, no gutting of the NICS 24-hour destruction rule, no forced inventory audits on FFLs.

The hearing is the opening move. **Watch what comes out of it—because WTF News will be.**