EEOC's claim that background checks are racist must also apply to guns

Examiner.com ^ | 7/8/2013 | David Codrea

[2nd amendment mama]

Lawsuits filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against BMW and Dollar General claim that conducting criminal background checks on applicants and employees is racist, Emily Miller reported last Tuesday in The Washington Times.

“Businesses are fighting the charge that not wanting ex-cons on the payroll is illegal discrimination,” Miller writes. “The agency claims that the companies disproportionately screened out black Americans when they fired or did not hire those with criminal records.”

The administration’s assertions raise a paradoxical logical conflict, as it is also pushing for “universal background checks” to purchase guns. An appropriate syllogism, assuming one buys into the EEOC’s contention, might be that criminal background checks result in unlawful discrimination against minorities, universal background checks are being demanded for all gun purchases, and therefore universal background checks will unlawfully discriminate against the ability of minorities to exercise their right to keep and bear arms.

This isn’t the first time the administration’s position on guns and its position on what it portrays as “civil rights” have directly conflicted. Its opposition to requiring government-issued photo identification to vote on the grounds that it disenfranchises minorities from exercising their rights, if true, must also apply to requiring a photo ID to purchase a gun.

[mrsmel]

Exactly. All those reasons, added to the threat of being sued if an employer fires a black person for the most legitimate reasons. Who would want that hanging over their head so that they couldn’t rid themselves of a bad employee?

So employers are caught in a bind as a result of this blackmail. Forced to hire minority employees who may not be equal to the task, and unable to get rid of them when that turns out to be the case.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

Its opposition to requiring government-issued photo identification to vote on the grounds that it disenfranchises minorities from exercising their rights, if true, must also apply to requiring a photo ID to purchase a gun.

How about "drive a car"? The states have been forced to add biometric information to their drivers licenses and are well on their way to a standardized format complete with RF-ID readout. Sounds like just the thing for voter ID to me...

Ihre papiere bitte...

Regards,
GtG

[2nd amendment mama]

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[2nd amendment mama]

Why did this get moved to bloggers and personal? Since when is Examiner.com a blog?