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\nA\u00a0Universal<\/i>\u00a0NICS law will give the Left another chance at creating a list of gun owners. Another chance? Yes, as they\u2019ve already tried it before and almost got away with it. Stephen Halbrook, attorney and firearms policy author, was involved in the NRA\u2019s attempt to prevent Janet Reno, the AG for President Clinton, from retaining the personal data of firearms purchasers who underwent the NICS background check. Halbrook\u2019s article,\u00a0The Truth About NICS<\/i><\/a>\u00a0tells the story of government officials who flagrantly broke the original NICS law, which did not permit the creation of a list of gun purchasers to suit their own purposes.<\/p>\n

Halbrook concludes,\u00a0\u201claw-abiding gun owners must stay vigilant so the tool isn\u2019t corrupted by anti-gun actors in the future\u2026Gun registration means gun confiscation.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Universal Gun Backgrounds Checks<\/a><\/p>\n

USA \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0-(AmmoLand.com)-\u00a0Everyone agrees that it is important to stop killing sprees from happening in schools or gay bars, or supermarkets.<\/p>\n

The National Instant Check System (NICS) was supposed to stop such killers when it was implemented in 1998. Unfortunately, we are no closer to a peaceful society. After nearly thirty years,\u00a0NICS is still not working as promised<\/a>, despite \u201cpreventing\u201d over 3.5 million firearms gun transactions since its inception. Few of the\u00a0blocked sales<\/a>\u00a0turn out to be criminals; most rejections are false due to errors in the FBI data.<\/p>\n

NICS may serve as \u201cthe fundamental cornerstone of our nation\u2019s gun violence prevention laws<\/a>,\u201d but its proponents propose expanding NICS to create a \u201cUniversal<\/i><\/b>\u201d NICS that would eliminate supposed \u201cloopholes.\u201d American gun owners know this is a foolish dream. So-called loopholes will always exist for mentally disturbed people and criminals. Stricter laws cannot eliminate these loopholes because the problems aren\u2019t legal but human. Nobody knows how to predict which mentally disturbed person will run amok in the future. Too many criminals have access to guns because their criminal records have not been entered into the NICS database. And there are many other ways of obtaining weapons without going through a NICS check.<\/p>\n

Universal National Instant Check System (UNICS).<\/h3>\n

The proponents of\u00a0Universal<\/i>\u00a0NICS typically avoid mentioning these problems, and American gun owners are not fooled by the so-called\u00a0Universal<\/i>\u00a0National Instant Check System (U<\/i>NICS). A NEW\u00a0U<\/i>NICS law could potentially, via the law, create a list of gun owners for the federal government, which would be the start of registration and confiscation. That frightens savvy gun owners and cancels any likelihood of cooperation with them for such laws.<\/p>\n

If the flaws of\u00a0U<\/i>NICS are so obvious, what can we make of surveys that indicate most Americans support\u00a0U<\/i>NICS? The\u00a0American Academy of Pediatrics<\/i>, in 2022, stated that 88% of Americans, including 85% of gun owners, \u201cfavor universal background checks on sales of all weapons.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Such survey claims should not be taken at face value. Surveys are complex, and too much can go wrong. In the right hands, they can be indicative of public opinion, but pollsters often make mistakes, and they can also use surveys deliberately to manipulate public opinion.<\/p>\n

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Survey question wording is vital. Survey responses are very sensitive to the way words are used, and subtle phrasing can radically influence answers. Conscientious pollsters know that survey responders often have limited knowledge, so they will attempt to give a balanced introduction to probing questions. However, creating a balanced introduction is very challenging so that it is easy to accidentally present respondents with an unbalanced introduction that will distort their answers.<\/p>\n

Pollsters tend to ask general questions, which gives them license to interpret the answers. Often the questions are so vague that they can be interpreted differently. If accidental, this is sloppy work or exploitative if deliberate. Over-interpreting answers to vague questions are useful for propaganda purposes but not for assessing what people really think.<\/p>\n

But poorly worded survey questions, with over-interpreted answers, create implausible results for the Main Street Media to drone into politicians\u2019 ears.<\/p>\n

For example, the wording of the key question asked in the\u00a0American Journal of Public Healt<\/i>h<\/a>\u00a0survey assumed an ideal system: \u201cRequiring a background check system for all gun sales to make sure a purchaser is not legally prohibited from having a gun.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Without a balanced introduction being provided, respondents were asked about a perfect system where nothing could go wrong. There was no mention of possible problems or possible consequences.<\/p>\n

Respondents were implicitly assured that all background checks were accurate and there was no chance their information would be used to create a registry.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Such a survey is an attempt to manipulate American gun owners. Luckily, these lies from the Left are failing to do their job because most gun owners already know the truth. No amount of lying will get U.S. gun owners to help\u00a0U<\/i>NICS proponents to pass a\u00a0Universal<\/i>\u00a0National Instant Check System law. We know because, as of January 2021,\u00a0twenty-one states plus the District of Columbia<\/a>\u00a0have passed additional types of NICS restrictions; the\u00a0U<\/i>NICS proponents have been unable to pass such laws on the national arena. Many Democrats know that if they do pass a national law, they will surely lose their jobs.<\/p>\n

One physician, Dr. Michael Siegel, recently suggested that proponents of greater gun control deceive the public by \u201cavoid[-ing] alienating gun owners by creating a perception that the ultimate aim is to take their guns away.<\/a>\u201d Despite Dr. Siegel\u2019s suggestion to \u201cavoid alienating\u201d gun owners by lying to them, it has been obvious that gun control proponents want to disarm the citizens. During the last few years, gun control proponents have been loudly and angrily shouting their hatred of gun owners. Now that Republicans will control the House of Representatives, President Biden appears more anxious than ever when he demands a new round of gun bans.<\/p>\n