Chuck Schummer (D-NY) Wants to Violate Privacy Laws When it Comes to Gun Control

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It is being reported by anonymous sources the AZ shooter was turned down for enlistment because he had admitted to using drugs. Senator Schummer thinks the military should be obligated to report any military applicant's admission of drug useage to the FBI to prevent these people from passing federal background checks to obtain purchase permists for handguns.

The information provided on enlistment applications is protected under federal privacy laws. Sen. Shummer wants the president to issue an executive order to the military to report this type of information.

What Shummer doesn't understand is, prior drug useage is not necessarily a disqualifier from military enlistment. It depends upon the drugs used and the frequency of the use. The application asks if a person has every used illegal drugs and if so how often. If an applicant answers they had tried marijuana in the past to see what it was like, but never used it again; that person remains eligible for enlistment as well as a job that requires a security clearance. If the applicant states they still smoke marijuana, they are disqualified. If an applicant fails the drug screening test given during their physical, they are disqualified. If the person was once addicted to drugs, but no longer use them because they successfully completed rehab, they are disqualified.

I'm sure this would go quickly to the US Supreme Court if Obama were to order the military to report this information to the FBI as it would violate federal privacy laws. It will be interesting to see if Obama issues such an order. If so, it will only demonstrate he doesn't care about the Constitution. Obviously Shummer doesn't either.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/16/schumer-require-military-report-applicants-drug-use-prevent-gun-purchases/
 
Exactly.

To obtain a permit to purchase a handgun in Georgia, you are asked, "Are you an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance." Even if one was and had never been arrested for it before, they could lie and answer, "no." I'm sure this is a standard question in each of the 50 states in the country and I'm sure Shummer knows that as well.

This leads me to my next question. What happens when somebody who has lied about drugs shoots into a group of people killing one or more while wounding many others, and it's found out this guy is a regular user of illegal drugs? Is Shummer going to come out and say it should be required everyone who wishes to get a permit to purchase a handgun submit to a drug screening test first? I wouldn't be surprised if he comes out in the near future to suggest such a thing.

What the Democrats will do so they can say they haven't abolished gun ownership is make the process so expensive and such a hassle to get a purchase permit to deter gun sales.
 
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