Is Hawaiian Government Basically Stealing From Gun Owners?

By Tom Knighton

Townhall Media/Beth Baumann

I see a lot of states pulling a lot of stunts, but this morning I learned of something that really leaves me scratching my head.

It seems the State of Hawaii has a requirement for all gun owners to register their gun with the FBI. The problem is that a fee is charged for the “service” and then, it seems, it’s never provided.

Basically, they fingerprint each and every person owning a firearm, then send that fingerprint to the FBI where it’s supposed to be input into a database.

While the FBI historically returned all fingerprint data, Rap Back creates the means to hold onto them indefinitely. That means undergoing an FBI background check for a job plugs you in a database used to find criminals.

In theory, Hawaii will send a gun owner’s fingerprints into this database as well.

There’s just a couple of problems with that.

First is the fact that it requires people to do this. The Rap Back is supposed to be voluntary. While you may have to supply …Read the Rest

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