Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) and Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced legislation Thursday to block the formation of any federal gun registry.

The legislation, titled “No REGISTRY Rights Act,” is designed to protect Second Amendment rights while also addressing the overreach of the ATF, as witnessed under the Biden administration.

On February 1, 2022, Breitbart News pointed to a report showing the ATF has a database in which the agency had accumulated details on well over 9o0 million firearm purchases by Americans. According to the Washington Free Beacon report, “The ATF disclosed to lawmakers that it manages a database of 920,664,765 firearm purchase records, including both digital and hard copy versions of these transactions.”