Re: Silveira DENIED Certiorari

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 16:18:44 GMT, ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> Context my ass. You criticize the NRA and yet you do nothing. That's
>> been established.
>>
>> Do you think the NRA can just conjure up a lawsuit when it feels the
>> need?
>
>Absolutely.  Every single American who has been "delayed" by NICS is a 
>potential lawsuit.

Uh, Ben, the NRA challenged the waiting period in court and lost.  That seems to
be in the mill for correction finally. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14481-2003Nov25.html
Deal Struck on Gun Buyer Data

Associated Press
Wednesday, November 26, 2003; Page A11

Background checks on gun buyers would be retained for 24 hours, instead of 90
days, under a deal Republicans struck during final negotiations over an immense
spending bill funding dozens of federal agencies.

The $373 billion spending bill, which combines seven overdue annual spending
bills, carries the changed rules for background checks that were first proposed
in 2001 by Attorney General John D. Ashcroft.

Gun rights groups, such as the National Rifle Association, say keeping the
records raises privacy concerns. Gun control advocates say destroying the
records after 24 hours would hamper federal officials who are trying to keep
guns out of the hands of criminals.

The spending bill still has not been approved.

The Senate did approve and send to the president a 10-year extension of
legislation that bans the manufacture, sale and possession of firearms that
cannot be detected by airport metal detectors or X-ray machines.