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Congressman Thomas Massie uses CPRC work to ask FBI director about the NICS system discriminating against black and Hispanic males

Jun 10, 2021 | background checks

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Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) asks FBI director Chris Wray about the NICS background checks discriminating against law-abiding black and Hispanic males. Massie relies on work by Dr. John Lott at the Crime Prevention Research Center and when he was at the .

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