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Kirata -> RE: Funny Thoughtful Gun Pics (4/11/2013 12:50:05 PM)
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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady
How very true. It's kind of like bitching about the waiting period. The reality is that if you "simply must have that gun right now" you are up to no good.
The principal concern with background checks relates to how information will be handled, and it's not just a "gun nut" issue. From a previous post:
ACLU says Reid’s gun legislation could threaten privacy rights, civil liberties
a top lobbyist for the ACLU announced that the group thinks Reid’s current gun bill could threaten both privacy rights and civil liberties... it treats the records for private purchases very differently than purchases made through licensed sellers... existing law also bars the use of those records for other purposes...” the government is supposed to be barred by the Privacy Act from transferring database information between agencies without the consent of the individual citizen.
“Once you no longer need the information, you should destroy it. Information collected for one purpose shouldn’t be used for another purpose....” But Calabrese says that Reid’s legislation fails to include those "privacy best practices... it doesn’t have any of the protections that we have in current law for existing licensees...” Reid’s legislation is hauntingly vague about who would physically keep information about American gun purchases, but it’s crystal clear that records will be kept.
K.
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