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Second-Hand Goods Ordinance
Fred Gulden
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05/13/2015 07:10 AM
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I agree with Scott Nichols letter in the May 12 Ames Tribune. Your second-hand ordinance is a good
idea, but including gold and silver bullion coins in your proposed second-hand ordinance is a terrible
idea.
As Scott points out, those coins are indistinguishable from each other. To force Scott to take pictures
of every bullion coin he buys is worthless. Even if a victim of theft had a picture of the bullion coins
stolen (highly unlikely) law enforcement personnel would still be unable to determine if any similar
coin Scott happened to buy subsequent to the theft was one of those stolen.
With the newspapers filled with stories of database breaches occurring on a regular basis, even in large
companies that spend huge efforts on security, creating a database of every gold and silver bullion
transaction in Ames is a terrible invasion of our privacy, a worthless tool for law enforcement, and a
disaster waiting to happen.
If this ordinance passes, I will be forced to make my bullion purchases and sales elsewhere. All you will
accomplish will be to put Ames residents' financial privacy at risk, and likely put Scott out of business.
Please reconsider, and exclude bullion coin transactions from this ordinance.
- Fred Gulden, rural Ames resident
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