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I personally have no problem with NICS. It has never proved an inconvenience and I have seen it stop convicted violent persons from making felons or dupes out of law abiding business men.
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shotar, my entire history of interaction with law enforcement consists of one traffic citation for making an improper left turn in a construction zone. This was five years ago; I went to traffic school and paid my fine. Yet, I [b]always[/b] get a NICS "delayed" response, and have to return the next day to pick up my gun. For some reason, I seem to have acquired a de facto waiting period for the rest of my life. And of course, they won't tell me why. There are lots of other people like me who always gets NICS "delayed" responses, and one common factor seems to be that we have had a criminal background check performed for employment purposes. Ironically, this makes us more suspect!
Criminals always have and always will obtain guns regardless of the law - that is why we call them criminals.
And if background checks are useful when people purchase guns, what about:
Background checks for church ministers? After all, some of them have been known to abuse their position of trust.
Background checks for reporters and journalists? They occupy a position of great influence in our Republic, after all.
Anyway, I could go on and on, but you get the idea.