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Originally Posted by BAC
Are we preventing felons (once criminals are convicted; I don't believe in infringing rights until they've been judged as guilty of a crime) from being a part of the militia, too? The militia clause doesn't differentiate between those with or those without records... unless, of course, it's one more facet of US citizenship they're denied by being felons, but that's conjecture on my part and not stated anywhere in law.
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The intent is not really the concern here, though I would not trust someone who has already violated our society to serve the nation for which he has shown disdain. My point was that I think Congress (and, of course, the states) have every power to institute background checks. And, unlike LongRider's opinion, I think they most defintiely help prevent criminal access and have actually been the cause of arresting criminals.
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I can admit the NICS has a legitimate role, then, but god it needs to be reworked into something both accurate and fair (those who bounce back as false positives ought not to require legal action to correct that mistake, which smacks of guilty-until-proven-innocent).
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Absolutely. I do not know the details of the investigations (I passed in five minutes.) but it needs to be fast, accurate and have an appeals process to correct mistakes.