Background checks

[Kevin Rohrer]

Just Say No To Limiting the 2A

Any law that infringes on any Constitutional right is a bad law. It's too bad that some aren't smart enough to realize it.

 

[gc70]

Any law that infringes on any Constitutional right is a bad law.

When the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791, the words did express the intention of the Founding Fathers that the federal government was not to have ANY authority in certain areas because that authority was held exclusively by the states. That changed in 1868 with the ratification of the 14th Amendment and it subsequent incorporation against the states. Instead of being totally prohibited from involvement with certain rights, the federal government became the final arbitrator in the states' traditional role of resolving conflicts between rights.

"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins."

Societies have always had to resolve the issue of limiting one person's rights to preserve another person's rights. Even though "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," our society will never tolerate a devout cannibal acting on a religious need to eat his neighbor. Some of the absolute language in the Bill of Rights was transformed into an impossibility when the 14th Amendment changed the federal government's role regarding rights.

 

[ATW525]

I am wondering if the requirement for 100% background checks might cause a backlog, a need for more people to do them, and a high cost for the check.

I've wondered the same thing. The FBI has also stated that they are cutting NICs funding as part of the required sequestration cuts.

In New Hampshire we've already seen a limited version of this. Handguns go through the State Police, which have been severely understaffed at times and unable to handle the demand. I've seen "instant" background checks backed up for hours on numerous occasions.