Re: New Brady Bill Implications

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

Well,actually the FBI is claiming it will be used for audits, including
appeals from denials, not just statistical purposes.

Also interesting in this is the lack of outrage from self-proclaimed
"privacy advocates" -- really leftists who think it's OK to restrict guns.
Though some are better than others.

-Declan



At 06:04 PM 12-1-98 -0500, Frederick Burroughs wrote:
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>Tim May wrote:
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>>  As for the privacy implications of the instant check system, I abandoned
>> the NRA a few years ago when it began pushing this instant check system
>> (and also when some of its leaders were lukewarm in their support of gun
>> rights). It was obvious that it would lead to a fully computerized gun
>> registration system, as indeed it has...duh! The NRA claimed it would not,
>> but now they are busy getting ready to sue the FBI and other law enforcment
>> agencies to force them not to retain the information they get from the
>> instant check system. Duh, again. (This was all foreseeable to anyone with
>> half a brain.)
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>The NRA is claiming that the database of citizens who purchase guns
legally is
>prohibited by the Brady Bill. FBI claims it will be used for statistical
purposes
>only. What will the statistics be used for? In the near future, we might
expect
>anyone with more than 0.5 brain (among other handicaps) to fail the
instant check.
>Ahh, now I see why they call it the Brady Bill (sincere apologies to Mr.
Brady).
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