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Re: [privacy] AP: Feds Rate Travelers for Terrorism


From: John Forrister <john () segfault com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 14:37:29 -0700

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 03:30:28PM -0500, Richard M. Smith wrote:
I wonder if people who have had background checks in order to buy guns 
have their potential terrorist score up'ed a little bit.

More likely, it would be the opposite - people submitting themselves 
to background checks are going out of their way to follow the law - not 
a particularly likely action for a person intending to commit a crime.

Moderately intelligent people intending to commit crimes with guns 
generally don't buy them from businesses that will submit them to a 
background check, but in private transactions.

-John
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