Posted February 23, 2018 10:14 am by Comments

By Ammoland

National Instant Criminal Background Check System NICS

Opinion

Tougher Background Checks, but Tougher How?

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- This week, even DJT was talking publically about “tougher” background checks for potential gun-buyers.

“Tougher?” How?

Of course, we are never told.

But, at least some of us ask:

Should NICS now have access to prescription drug records of any American who wants to buy a gun, a change that will effectively shred HIPPA?

In NYS, they already do! NY State Police stormed the home of a duly-licensed NYS CCW Permit holder last year and seized all his guns. He had a single prescription for lorazepam (Ativan). It was prescribed to him briefly treat anxiety after his mother died. That State never revealed how they knew about the medicine.

His guns were eventually returned to him, but only after expensive and lengthy litigation. They never would have been returned otherwise.

So, will Second Amendment rights now be stripped from anyone who has ever had a prescription for any drug that can be called “psychotropic?” Does this include all pain medications, sleeping pills, diet pills, tranquilizers, blood-pressure medication?

How about “psychological counseling?” Will anyone who has ever seen a marriage counselor, or found it necessary to go to “confession” at a Catholic church, now be considered …Read the Rest

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