Gun Owners Aren’t Criminals: It’s Time To Dismantle NICS Monitoring

InmovieslikeEnemyoftheState,Americansareshownadystopianworldwheregovernmentsurveillanceturnsordinarycitizensintotargets,withshadowyagenciestrackingtheireverymovewithoutoversightoraccountability.Sadly,thisHollywoodnightmareisnowreality. DuringtheBidenadministration,federalagenciesliketheFBIweresecretlymonitoringlaw-abidinggunownersthroughtheNationalInstantCriminalBackgroundCheckSystem(NICS)—trackingtheirlawfulfirearmpurchaseswithoutawarrantandwithouteverinformingthosebeingmonitored.EvenCongresswaskeptinthedark.Whatonceseemedlikefictionisnowatroublingtruth,asthefederalgovernmentturnsitssurveillancepowersinwardagainstitsownpeople,erodingthefreedomsitwasmeanttoprotect. Foryears,theFBIhasbeensurveillingthegunpurchasesofthousandsoflaw-abidingcitizensusingtheNICSsystem.ThisdailyNICSMonitoringprogramoperateswithouttherequirementofawarrantorprobablecause,andentirelyoutsidethepurviewofanycourt.Itenablesfederalagentstoselectat