CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- It’s a shocking new report detailing a violation of privacy. ProPublica claims 10 gun industry businesses handed over gun owners’ personal information to political lobbyists.  “I can tell you, gun owners don't want their name given to a list,” said Larry Hyatt, owner of Hyatt Gun Shop in west Charlotte. The business claims it's "America's largest gun shop." A ProPublica report claims a secret project that started in the ‘90s to elect "firearm-friendly politicians" was driven by gun manufacturers who leaked personal customer information to lobbyists. Winston-Salem man shot at police through door after strangling woman, police say “Good intentions, but they didn't think it out well,” Hyatt said.  The report alleges Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington, Marlin and Mossberg and others who issued warranties to "protect your investment" did the opposite with their customers' information -- sharing it with the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which compiled a massive database.  “I want gun owners to know who the politicians are that are pro-gun, and we want them to vote, but this probably was an ill-advised way to do it,” Hyatt said.  Larry Hyatt of Hyatt Gun Shop says a plan by manufactures to gather personal data was not thought out well. Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut demanded answers saying, "The collection and sharing of private information by NSSF [...] represents an invasive and dangerous intrusion into the privacy and safety of lawful gun owners, and raises questions about whether NSSF or its partners violated consumer protection laws."  “The way that gun laws are written, the national laws, there is protection from their name being given out,” Hyatt told Queen City News.  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is restricted from sharing gun purchase information unless it's necessary for an ongoing investigation. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act imposed the need for a background check, but limits the time that information is held.  In February of this year, N.C. Congressman Richard Hudson and two others introduced a bill called Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, aimed to ban the use of a merchant category code on card transactions to track sales at gun stores.  “They're all afraid that sometime in the future, those lists will be used to confiscate guns,” Hyatt said.  Hyatt believes the discovery could result in fewer warranty cards being filled out. He added, in the event a customer has an issue with their purchase, their store can always send the gun back to the factory under their name instead of the customer’s name.