Monday, March 06, 2006

firearms - license - disclosure of social security number

Stollenwerk v. Miller, ED Pa. - February 24, 2006

http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/06D0225P.pdf

The court held that the state Uniform Firearms Act requirement that an applicant to buy or carry a handgun disclose his/her Social Security number is invalid under the federal Privacy Act, PL No. 93-579, sec. 7, 88 Stat. 1896, 1909 (1974), reprinted in 5 USC 552a note (2003).