Right now they are trying to expand the definition of prohibited drug users; but how long before they expand that expansion to include any arrest -- ever -- for anything? The new proposal includes arrests without conviction as a criteria for denial.
Obama's new call to strengthen background checks is going to be used to disallow firearms possession for a greater and greater segment of society.
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Obama's new call to strengthen background checks is going to be used to disallow firearms possession for a greater and greater segment of society.
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New gun-control legislation would prohibit those arrested but not convicted of drug crimes from possessing firearms
By Jeff Winkler | Published: 12:39 AM 03/23/2011 | Updated: 1:01 PM 03/23/2011
Get collared years ago on a bogus drug charge because the oregano in your back pocket looked like was a bag of weed? Or maybe a judge back in 2006 dropped those charges because you were able to provide proof for that Adderall prescription? Under proposed legislation, it will not matter if you were innocent all along or even proven innocent by a court of law.
Either way, you can forget about buying a gun.
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