Dear America: The "Charleston loophole" is necessary. If the government can indefinitely delay a background...
Dear America:
The "Charleston loophole" is necessary. If the government can indefinitely delay a background check, the government will use that to deny people their constitutional rights. We know they will. It's inevitable.
Maybe the current government wouldn't do it, but some future government will. And maybe the period should be longer than three days; that is a reasonable topic for discussion. But forcing people to wait indefinitely for a background check to return from the government is not a reasonable option.
It's hard to tell from Clinton's remarks whether she merely supports a longer period of time, or abolishing the limitation entirely. One would hope it's not the latter.
The "Charleston loophole" is necessary. If the government can indefinitely delay a background check, the government will use that to deny people their constitutional rights. We know they will. It's inevitable.
Maybe the current government wouldn't do it, but some future government will. And maybe the period should be longer than three days; that is a reasonable topic for discussion. But forcing people to wait indefinitely for a background check to return from the government is not a reasonable option.
It's hard to tell from Clinton's remarks whether she merely supports a longer period of time, or abolishing the limitation entirely. One would hope it's not the latter.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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