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Gun Control & RKBA

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5. I don't quite see the privacy issue. Right now NICS only checks about things of public record.

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:20 PM

Dec 2012

Nothing that NICS tracks currently is not already a matter of public record.

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Make use of the NICS system mandatory, but open it to private gun sellers. [View all] friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 OP

I think you may have missed a couple of factors here. Indydem Dec 2012 #1

Mandatory transfers through dealers would be guaranteed income for dealers. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #3

The law was written to intentionally block private use, and that was a bad thing ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #2

There's a privacy issue that I think needs to be carefully addressed. Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #4