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Quote by: Winter wind  This is not an uncommon way of getting around the right to "free association"
While it is my stance that guns should not be handed out to the average citizen, I don't like the precedent this sets. What if someone then sues to see the membership of something like a LBGT group. There was a law in the 1950s or 1960s that was struck down as unconstitutional to force "terrorist groups" such as the AFL-CIO to turn over membership records.
However, the government still should have this data, if only because it helps with crime fighting. |
The media idiots are not the government and there is no valid reason for the government to have this data unless law enforcement is investigating a particular case and they get a warrant from a judge (based on probable cause related specifically to the person or group being investigated).