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BAR[_2_]

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"BAR" wrote in message
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Are you going to require that prosecutors stop using the felon in
possion of a firearm as a
bargining chip when getting the "alleged" criminal to admit to the
primary crime? What good
is the law if it isn't goint to be enforced?

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Huh?

Weren't you in the Marines or the Marine reserves or something? You
had a background check run on you then and fingerprints were taken.
What's the big deal?

I was finger printed at the age of 16 when I was hired as a GS-1 by the USDA. I also had to
have a background check in order to handle confidential information. It was a choice and I
didn't have a right to a government job.

When I enlisted in the USMCR it was a choice and I didn't have the right to enlist.

I have a civil right to keep and bear arms as a citizen of the USA. It isn't a choice, it is
a right.

I've had background checks run on me several times in my life for
various reasons, both as military and as a civilian. I just don't
understand why people are so up in arms (pun intended) about this.

After I gout out of the USMCR I made the decision not to do government work. I didn't want to
have to be subjected to background checks, security investigations and such just to enable me
to work. I just want to live my life without constantly asking the government permission to
do things. I especially don't want to have to ask them permission to exercise my civil
rights. Why can people just walk up and register to vote and vote without having a background
check to ensure that they are legally able to register to vote and vote?