Posted on 08/24/2018 5:17:32 AM PDT by rellimpank
A District Court judge this week refused to bail out sponsors of a voter-approved gun background check initiative that has yet to be implemented due to problems inherent in the measure’s language. It was the right decision.
Nevada’s Question 1 passed in 2016 by less than 1 percentage point and mandated background checks on private-party gun sales and transfers. In order to mute opposition about the potential costs of such reviews, those who wrote the proposal made the calculated decision to require that licensed dealers run the checks through the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System rather than use the state’s own “point-of-contact” database.
Given its narrow margin of victory, it’s no exaggeration to say the cost aspect was likely a factor in the measure’s successful passage. A fiscal note on the initiative informed voters, “No Nevada tax dollars will be used to conduct Question 1 background checks because the checks will be run by the FBI.”
But the wording turned out to be a fatal mistake.
(Excerpt) Read more at reviewjournal.com ...
After the measure was approved, FBI officials informed the state they would not spend time and treasure running background checks for Nevada that are not required by federal law.
Liberalism, it does not work without other people’s money.
Sometimes it goes our way. :)
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