Quote Originally Posted by David88vert View Post
No such thing is possible. Any large database, like Oracle, will have DBA's that have access to all information. Unless you only kept a list of serial numbers, everything would have the potential to be exposed. If you had a list without the transactional history, what would be the point of the list?

Anything that you have a collection of information, and it has an outside access point, there is a security risk. Period.

BTW - They already have lists of stolen guns, what the discussion is about is a list of legal owners.

Its obvious I'm no IT guru, but I find it hard to believe that users, not talking administrators, cannot have read only access to a database that is searchable by serial number only.

I do understand security risks, I think the risk is minimal if the database is read only to outside users and only searchable with serial number, maybe even make, model, and serial number.

I understand this is about legal guns, but legal guns that are stolen sometimes end up at pawn shops. If you were here for the early part of this thread, I also am in favor of legal penalties if you fail to report a lost/stolen firearm.