All Things Considered had a lengthy story on how guns are traced and what happens to records when they are delivered to the BATFE.
The Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced : NPR
I found it interesting that they scan the forms into a computer (as images, not text)... and that at least one dealer used toilet paper for their A&D book.
And this is the face of the ATF, hard at work:
The Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced : NPR
I found it interesting that they scan the forms into a computer (as images, not text)... and that at least one dealer used toilet paper for their A&D book.
And this is the face of the ATF, hard at work: