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NIC? No way!
Orion, you wrote, "Now, if NICS ACTUALLY did keep guns out of the hands of criminals, then I'd be all for it."
I couldn't disagree more, sir. The efficacy of the program is irrelevant to it's constitutionality or morality. The current income tax system is very effective at extracting money from the CoA. It's still wrong.
Even if the NIC were 100% effective at keeping bad guys from getting guns, it would still be wrong on (at least) two counts.
1: It presumes guilt until proven innocent.
2: It puts the government in the position of granting (or not) permission for a citizen to exercise a Constitutional right.
3: (Hey, I said "at least two!") The Constitution does not permit of denying RKBA to any citizen. Where'd we get the idea that it's okay to tell soeone they can't own a gun because they've, in the past, been convicted of a crime?
Y'all need to think that last one over very carefully. See point 1.
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