There is a process you must go through to get a job at Google.
There is a process you must go through to get into Stanford.
There is a process you must go through to get a drivers license.
There is a process you must go through to get a home loan.
There is a process you must go through to get into Stanford.
There is a process you must go through to get a drivers license.
There is a process you must go through to get a home loan.
None of these processes is perfect. There are false positives and false negatives. But there is a process.
There must to be a more rigorous process you go through to get a gun. And it should be just as rigorous as the processes mentioned above.
We can debate ways to make the process more accurate.
The debate should not be whether or not to *have* a background check. The debate should be: how to design a background check (or application process) to minimize false positives and false negatives.
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