Cops Overwhelming Opposition to Obama Gun Control

[CitadelGrad]

I think the opposition to background checks is that the Federal government will save the records as a de facto national registry is the issue. The counter argument would be, "what's wrong with destroying the record after the buyer has passed his background check?"

The states already keep records of gun ownership, but those records are traditionally closed to the federal government, as they should be.


Sent from the center of the universe.

we are already doing this. How come every time you buy a big ticket item, Best Buy they ask for your phone number and address. Its a data base. Look at what Health Insurance companies are doing. They are telling people to get a annual check up and fax personal Health information to them Such ass BMI, Blood Pressure, Blood sugar and weight. I told them I had my annual check up in Feb. and I will not send them anything. Why do they neeed this?? Its all about Big Brother tring to run our lives and we are letting them get away with this.

If Best Buy asks you for your phone # and address, you can refuse to give it to them.

The information that you send to your insurance company is not transferred to the government. It is used to assess your health risks and determine your premiums and the premiums of everyone else in the plan. If you buy insurance from them, the have the prerogative to request that information. If you don't want to send it to them, you don't have to.

Why would the federal government need to retain information on your gun purchases if you pass the background check? The problem is that law enforcement very rarely follows up on those who fail the background check.

[mrklean]

we are already doing this. How come every time you buy a big ticket item, Best Buy they ask for your phone number and address. Its a data base. Look at what Health Insurance companies are doing. They are telling people to get a annual check up and fax personal Health information to them Such ass BMI, Blood Pressure, Blood sugar and weight. I told them I had my annual check up in Feb. and I will not send them anything. Why do they neeed this?? Its all about Big Brother tring to run our lives and we are letting them get away with this.

If Best Buy asks you for your phone # and address, you can refuse to give it to them.

The information that you send to your insurance company is not transferred to the government. It is used to assess your health risks and determine your premiums and the premiums of everyone else in the plan. If you buy insurance from them, the have the prerogative to request that information. If you don't want to send it to them, you don't have to.

Why would the federal government need to retain information on your gun purchases if you pass the background check? The problem is that law enforcement very rarely follows up on those who fail the background check.

Yeah RIGHT

[CID1990]

If Best Buy asks you for your phone # and address, you can refuse to give it to them.

The information that you send to your insurance company is not transferred to the government. It is used to assess your health risks and determine your premiums and the premiums of everyone else in the plan. If you buy insurance from them, the have the prerogative to request that information. If you don't want to send it to them, you don't have to.

Why would the federal government need to retain information on your gun purchases if you pass the background check? The problem is that law enforcement very rarely follows up on those who fail the background check.

Yeah RIGHT

Most states have laws prohibiting it, Klean.

That's why we are seeing the flap out in Missouri right now.


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[YoUDeeMan]

Yeah RIGHT

Most states have laws prohibiting it, Klean.

That's why we are seeing the flap out in Missouri right now.


Sent from the center of the universe.

Since when has our govenrment followed its own laws?

[houndawg]

Good point given that our lawmakers are famous for exempting themselves from the laws they pass for the rest of us.

[grizzaholic]

Good point given that our lawmakers are famous for exempting themselves from the laws they pass for the rest of us.

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Fair is fair, even if you're the one enforcing the rules, according to a Michigan judge who fined himself $25 after his smartphone interrupted a prosecutor's closing argument.

Judge Raymond Voet has posted his policy in Ionia County District Court, letting all who enter his courtroom know that if their phones go off during proceedings, they'll be confiscated and returned only after a $25 fine has been paid.

[polsongrizz]

The president like to surround himself with police chiefs when he speaks for his "gun control" measures...it's a picture that leaves the viewer with the impression that, "Gee, these law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line in the battle against gun violence really support this idea"...

I think you missed some of the better stuff from the owner of the site...

In fact, the survey methodology says that a question on criminal background checks was removed “due to flaws with the question details, highlighted by a handful of users.” We spoke with Jon Hughes, vice president of content for the Praetorian Group, which owns PoliceOne.com, about the NRA ads’ claim. He told us he was “unclear where that came from specifically.”
He stated there was no question asking whether “background checks” would have an “effect on violent crime.”
BTW, that group has over 400,000 members, 385,000 of them didn't even bother responding to this internet poll. And that is also according to the Praetorian Group.