New background check regulations

The changes to NICS access isn’t that frightening. However, why maintain a database of those who have been denied? I mean, it’s not like ATF pursues those people in the first place.

Posted in ATF on March 3rd, 2014 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

mariner Says:
March 3rd, 2014 at 9:41 pm
Why maintain a database of those who have been approved?

It IS against the law.
Frank Says:
March 4th, 2014 at 11:30 am
Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85 (1968)

Felons are exempted from prosecution for failing to register their firearms. If they did it would be a violation of their 5th Amendment rights.

I’m not a lawyer but even though the form says it is a felony to lie on the form it might only apply to law abiding purchasers who are not already felons. I don’t think the DOJ or gun control crowd would want the 4473 form to be challenged if they were to start to prosecute the thousands of denials.
mikee Says:
March 4th, 2014 at 12:11 pm
Selective enforcement of the law is a hallmark of the current administration. They are creating a database of persons who can be harassed with a criminal charge a time of the government’s choice.
Tom Skoch Says:
March 5th, 2014 at 1:13 am
Obama and Holder and future progressive tyrants could “tilt” the NICS system to automatically deny everyone on the first pass. Then they’d have the ID info on everyone who has an interest in firearms ownership. That becomes a virtual national gun registration database over time.

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