This Illegal Fed List Should Disturb All Freedom-Loving Americans
Hey gun owners, there’s a long
list…And your name is on it! This list directly violates the
rights granted to all law-abiding gun owners under the Second Amendment.
Get the facts about
the illegal registry the Feds maintain that the media fails to report: One of the largest
fears of firearm owners is the prospect of a database of their names and
personal information in the hands of the federal government. The idea
of the government in possession of a list of gun owners has been one of
the most opposed proposals in the gun control debate. The stiff opposition is linked to the justifiable fear of the government
using such a list to confiscate firearms by force.
The idea
of registering with the federal government brought such stiff opposition that
when the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) was
instituted, the law specifically
prohibited the collection of data about legal gun owners and the implementation
of any kind of registry.
The law reads in relevant part: Even more disturbing is that to make the
matches, the government must retain records on everyone, or at least have every
purchase in a supposedly confidential system scanned. That data is being shared
within the government, contrary to federal law. When the FBI released
its figures, it went as far as saying that 2,000
known or suspected terrorists bought a pistol, sports rifle, or assault weapon.
This
means they are collecting information about the types of purchases as well.
Just matching a name to a list would not be enough to come up with accurate
data. This means the NICS program, which was promised to be free from
other agencies, is sharing personal data such as name, date of birth, address,
and social security number.
To be very clear, the NICS system is retaining records of legal
purchases, it is sharing that information with other agencies, it is retaining
and sharing information containing enough detail to match the purchaser to a
government created list, and now the US government is publicizing the fact that
it is doing this even though it is a violation of federal law.
Obama is making a big deal about
keeping people on the No-Fly list from buying guns. Guess what, he already has
the list. Just one more reason that protecting the Second Amendment rights is
now more important than ever.
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