Saturday, March 23, 2013

Who'll Check the Checkers?

Best of the Web Today: Revenge of the Nerds - WSJ.com:
"If it's opened up to all prospective sellers of guns--that is, to everybody--what's to prevent someone from abusing it, say by requesting a background check on Greg Sargent, who presumably has no interest in acquiring a gun?
The system only gives a yes-or-no answer as to whether the putative buyer is eligible to own firearms under federal law.
But if you're looking to dig up dirt on someone, a "no" answer on a firearms background check would give you a nice clump of it."

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