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bdickens wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

bdickens wrote:I'm not all that concerned with a private organization, whether it is the NRA, Bed, Bath and Beyond or the local sewing club keeping a database on people who do business with them. Those are all voluntary transactions and you can choose not to participate.

What concerns me is the .gov conducting surveillance on people with no warrant and no probable cause.

How do you feel about government selling the data they collect about you to private corporations? http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/08/26/s ... vernments/

Forum rules prevent me from discussing that.

bdickens wrote:I'm not all that concerned with a private organization, whether it is the NRA, Bed, Bath and Beyond or the local sewing club keeping a database on people who do business with them. Those are all voluntary transactions and you can choose not to participate.

What concerns me is the .gov conducting surveillance on people with no warrant and no probable cause.

Medic624 wrote:

baldeagle wrote:That's an apples to oranges comparison. The NRA has no power over me that I don't give it. The government does.

Well yes it is apples to oranges and that was kind of my point. But if the NRA is making and keeping a running list of all gun owners whether they're a NRA member or not that's a whole other animal. Just because they're on our side doesn't make it any less intrusive. (Playing Devils advocate) It is my choice to be a member and let my info be known to them but if I was not a member and found out (as the article states) they had what firearms classes I have been to, what weapons I owned etc... I don't know if I'd be too hip to being on that list. The ends dont always justify because we really don't know who has access to the data (if it in fact exists).