Ohio and Iowa have sued the Biden administration because the administration is refusing to let states verify whether registered voters are noncitizens. Even without access to this data, Ohio was able to identify some noncitizens who were registered to vote. But even...
background checks
Biden Administration sues Sheetz convenience store chain for running criminal background checks on employees to determine who to hire. If background checks are so discriminatory, why does Biden want to use them as is for gun purchases?
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants. Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and...
Does Vice President Kamala Harris know what existing gun control laws are? Apparently, not.
“Currently, gun stores are required by law to conduct a background check for every gun sale. But, for decades, many dealers who sell weapons someplace other than the traditional gun store — say, for example, a gun show or a flea market or even through social media —...
New York’s Background Check System for Ammo Sales Facing Constant Delays and False Positives
The system is facing "massive wait times." One has to wonder if gun control advocates view this as a positive part of the law. In New York, background checks are now required to buy ammunition, and background check requests will go through the state police instead of...
Explaining the Errors in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and the Problems with Red Flag Laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9zESruhUbI Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) questions Dr. John Lott about the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) errors and the problems with Red Flag Laws. More information on the errors in the NICS system is...
Federal law explicitly prohibits the creation of a federal firearm registry, but the Biden Administration has put together a national registry with almost One Billion transactions
In total, ATF manages 920,664,765 OBR (Out of Business Records) as of November 2021. This includes digital and an estimated number of hard copy records that are awaiting image conversion. It is currentlyestimated that 865,787,086 of those records are in digitalized...
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduces amendment to keep track of incomes of those affected by Red Flag Laws and the NICS
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduces an amendment to keep track of incomes of those affected by Red Flag Laws and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Massie also wanted to keep track of the race and gender of those who were falsely...
Remember Democrats’ call to ban people on the terror watch list from buying guns, now there are nearly 2 million people on the list
Remember all the calls by Democrats to ban people on the terror watch list from being able to buy guns? Well, it turns out that if those proposals had become law, nearly 2 million Americans would be banned from owning guns. Obama is calling for another measure: a ban...
Congressman Thomas Massie cites CPRC work in House Judiciary Committee Hearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E21Uyubz3Lg In a House Judiciary Committee hearing on discriminatory, false positives from Facial Recognition Technology, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) raises similar concerns with the NICS background check system. Massie directly...
Congressman Thomas Massie uses CPRC work to ask FBI director about the NICS system discriminating against black and Hispanic males
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8u95FixnUA 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...
NICS Background Checks continue to produce few legitimate cases in 2017
The George W. Bush administration promised to get tough on prosecuting prohibited people who tried to buy guns. “This incredibly high rate of false positives imposes a real burden on the most vulnerable people,” said Reagan Dunn, the first national coordinator for...
Congressman Thomas Massie uses CPRC research in Congressional hearing on background checks
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus, uses CPRC research in Congressional hearing on background checks. The great thing was that he got positive responses from Democrats on the committee about how the background check system is...