The idea of letting businesses accept CHL's for background checks has some appeal, but there are some other issues to think about. The idea that an anti-gun company probably wouldn't ask for it might turn out to be the reverse. They might ask for it just to see if you have one, then you don't get the job. From a business there are some other thoughts. I work at a plant where background checks are required for everyone, and the stuff that is collected goes beyond the CHL check. So the business would still have to pay for the part that the CHL doesn't cover. It may REDUCE costs, but not eliminate them. Also, you are not just necessarily dealing with the company you want to work for. If you happen to work for a contract company (as I do) then the 'big company' your company has the contract with may very well want to see the background checks, too. Also, companies like to have documentation that they covered these bases. That would mean at the least that they would have to get a photocopy of the CHL (or driver's license if that is used), and then it is in their files ... anyone who looks at the file then knows you have a CHL.LarryArnold wrote:
- An anti-gun company wouldn't be required to accept the CHL, therefore probably wouldn't ask for it.
- Save a company several hundred dollars a year in BG checks, and the attitude might change.
- Just about everyone in a profession where background checks are required, child care workers for instance, would have a great incentive to get a CHL, multiplying our numbers.
Interesting discussions, a bunch of people have put in a lot of good thoughts.
TraCoun