Steve and Buck, here's my two cents worth on the NCHIP $10MM program. They mention "instant" or speedy checks for criminal records..
>>> Criminal history records are fingerprint cards or their electronic counterparts, linked with information about arrests, convictions and sentences, when available.<<
We don't need them to draw us a picture, do we?
Another thought....they mention prevention of pervs from working with kids, and also preventing criminals from purchasing firearms. The federal govt has traditionally relied on local sheriff and PD's to run the criminal checks that federal firearm laws require. However, due to a lawsuit by the Sheriff of Ravalli County, MT. ( maybe a relative of Ratman's), the Supreme Court has ruled that the states cannot be required to provide these checks wihtout being reimbursed. The sheriff said he couldn't afford the time required to run these checks. Long story short, there are 50,000 licensed federal firearm dealers, many of whom operate from back rooms and gun shows. Require them to buy or share a ten-printer, cost of guns goes up, cost of compliance paid by users, number of felons getting guns drops, number of pervs getting jobs drops due to these new ten-printers ( fear of detection will make most of them stop even applying once word gets out), kids win, parents win, IDX stock soars, we are winners. |
