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以前经常看到反派说背景调查仅仅是为了防止枪械流入不能合法拥枪的人手里；猛一看，这理由正大光明而且占据了道德制高点；而且经常看到反派说背景调查的记录是不被保留的，所以不涉及侵犯合法拥枪者的隐私。
今天看到了这条新闻，最高法院关于"straw purchase"的一个ruling：
http://www.wral.com/supreme-court-rules-on-straw-purchaser-law/13736875/
高院的Elena Kagan是4位Liberal justice之一，她的结论说得够清楚明白了：
Writing for the majority, Justice Elena Kagan said the federal government's elaborate system of background checks and record-keeping requirements help law enforcement investigate crimes by tracing guns to their buyers. Those provisions would mean little, she said, if a would-be gun buyer could evade them by simply getting another person to buy the gun and fill out the paperwork.
新闻里还有另外一段，说得是同样的：
The Obama administration had argued that accepting Abramski's defense would impair the ability of law enforcement officials to trace firearms involved in crimes and keep weapons away from people who are not eligible to buy them.
当然了，不是所有人都认同这个结论：
The National Rifle Association sided with Abramski, asserting that the government wrongly interpreted the law and improperly expanded the scope of gun regulations. Twenty-six states also submitted a brief supporting Abramski's view of the law, while nine states and Washington, D.C., filed papers bolstering the Obama administration.
背景调查 = gun registry，千万合法拥枪者一直都知道，而反派一直不承认，现在终于承认了？
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发表于 2014-6-16 07:36
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