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In reply to the discussion: Just got a part time job and underwent a background check. And if I buy a gun? [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)32. You go through that background check
because the firm you want to work for requires it. You don't have a Constitutional right to a job there.
I went through a background check for my present job, and you know what they uncovered? A fifteen year old traffic violation for driving on an expired license. I had to go back to Washington state (happened to be going anyway, thank goodness) to fax in a copy of the court transcript to show that it was only a violation and not a misdemeanor, which would have been somewhat more serious. All that to protect the public from me while they talk to me on the phone.
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Just got a part time job and underwent a background check. And if I buy a gun? [View all]
Bluzmann57
Jan 2013
OP
From a retailer. 40% of guns are not bought through retailers and require no check.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#24
Flex your google muscles dear. Type in "40% of guns sold without background check."
Squinch
Jan 2013
#43
And yet, due to the work of the NRA and organizations like them, it is the best information we have.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#49
What state DOES require a background check when buying a gun from someone other than
Squinch
Jan 2013
#44
I see , we have to read ALL your word-salad/spaghettios to pick out a correct statement. No thanks.
pkdu
Feb 2013
#55
I wonder if the difference is that your job is protecting valuable workers from you, just in case.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#9
How would you know if a mass shooting was prevented by a background check...
Renew Deal
Jan 2013
#17
Yes. These are different things. But I do think these are the things that are necessary
Squinch
Jan 2013
#30
Not all gun transactions require a background check. It depends on the state
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#14
"that makes me object generally to them snooping around in their workers' private business"
guardian
Jan 2013
#29
Buy a gun new or used from a dealer, yes. Buy used from another random person, no.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Feb 2013
#53