Crowdsourcing Law & Order
Let the record show...
FBI data shows that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) received 2,131,485 background-check applications in June, 39 percent more than the 1,529,057 applications that were filed in June 2015. (See nics_data.pdf)
“There have been 26.5 million checks during the last 12 months, more than in any 12-month period previously,” the National Rifle Association (NRA) reported.
“If the present rate of checks holds through December, there will be over 32 million checks conducted this year, more than double the number conducted during President Obama’s first year in office.”
There is something to be said for government soliciting citizens to show that they are law-abiding before they can exercise a guaranteed civil right — the right to keep and bear arms. That government requirement duplicates a requirement, and kind of puts said citizens in a category, that is shared with the personnel whom government employs to ensure that the laws are enforced. It explains why the crime rate is dropping while police vacancies are increasing.
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