Part III: We may have an Ideology problem instead of a gun problem | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: This post is the third installment of a three part series. The first installment can be https://beaufortcountynow.com/post/20609/part-i-we-may-have-an-ideology-problem-instead-of-a-gun-problem.html.

    I am 100% if favor of building more prisons in every county in the United States where we can incarcerate all those illegal, undocumented criminal guns. Nowhere in the Constitution is there a reference to a gun having any rights. We would not have court trials because guns have no rights. Think of the money saved if we could just pronounce all guns as criminal and arrest them. Naturally, this would require that all guns turn themselves in because we do not have the manpower needed to find them all. New laws outlawing Gun Amnesty Cities would solve the problem of sanctuaries for those foreign guns that creep across our borders. We all know that many guns concealed themselves because they afraid of being profiled.

    Based on the success we have had with the war on poverty, illegal drugs, welfare cheats, food stamp abuse, and illegal immigration, I think that would be a good solution. The only ban that I can think of that has worked is the prayer in school ban, but all that did was drive the prayers underground.

    Of course, one of the only gun free zones left would be every local cemetery, but I doubt the terrorist would bother to attack there.

    I normally don't like Memes because they are usually non-factual pejorative statements attached to a picture to make an point or elicit an emotional response devoid of thought or accuracy.

    If you have applied for a concealed carry licenses or purchased a gun at a gun store and undergone a background check, you are probably already on a watch list at the ATF. They may not be actively following you but you are on the radar. If you have purchased more that one gun in the last six months and submitted to a NICS background check, you are flagged as a potential problem. The NICS database includes people with similar names. Ted Kennedy was on the no-fly list. Do not ever underestimate how our government will use information at it's disposal to pursue or harass perfectly innocent people.

   I do not have a concealed carry permit and I do not keep a gun in my car or carry one on my person. I have passed a background check for the purchase of a gun. I have no doubt that this rant will place me on somebody's watch list. With that disclaimer in place I reluctantly offer this meme which I think is based on factual context.



   Normally one would not expect me to reference the ACLU website but I have found that in spite of their left leaning politics, they are in fact quiet often correct on rights and civil liberties issues (Quite often is the operative phrase here).

   Let's say that you suspect you are on the no-fly list or the NICS no buy list. Short of trying to board a plane or buy a gun, is there a simple way to see if you are in either group?

   I have tried to do some rudimentary research to no avail. Here is some information about the No-Fly list from the ACLU Website.

"Because of the extreme secrecy surrounding the No Fly List, people generally only discover that they are on it when they are denied boarding on a flight – often very publicly, at the airport. The public does not know how many people are on the No Fly List, and the criteria for inclusion are so broad and vague that they inevitably ensnare innocent people engaged in First Amendment-protected speech, activity, or association".

   Here is some information about the NICS background check. I still have not found a way for a private individual to see if he is on the list. Background checks for dummies

"Strangely, it’s not the background check itself that creates the database. By law, the FBI must destroy the electronic record of all firearms-related background checks by the next business day. As long as the Fibbies follow the letter of the law, an FFL’s criminal background check doesn’t pose a threat to a gun owner’s personal privacy.

It’s The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that’s the problem. They’re the Agency in charge of making sure that all FFL dealers maintain a paper record of all firearms sales and transfers in their “bound book.” The ATF requires that FFLs enter the following information about a gun buyer into their bound book:

1. The date of receipt of the firearm;
2. The name and address of the non-licensee or the name and FFL license number of the licensee from whom you received the firearm;
3. The name of the manufacturer and importer (if any) of the firearm;
4. The model of the firearm;
5. The serial number of the firearm;
6. The type of firearm (pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, receiver, frame, etc); and
7. The caliber or gauge of the firearm

This is a gun registry."

   Why would I get so worked up over this issue if I were not a "GUN-NUT". It is simple, if they can deny me the 2nd amendment rights without due process. What other rights can they deny me? Below is the summary of what is at risk. Bill of Rights summar

Bill of Rights - The Really Brief Version
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are summarized below.

1. Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
2. Right to keep and bear arms in order to maintain a well regulated militia.
3. No quartering of soldiers.
4. Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
5. Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy.
6. Rights of accused persons, e.g., right to a speedy and public trial.
7. Right of trial by jury in civil cases.
8. Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments.
9. Other rights of the people.
10. Powers reserved to the states.