New York’s Concealed Carry Social Media Background Checks are Meant to Weed Out Political Views That Disagree With Those In Power – The Truth About Guns
While describing recent changes to New York s already draconian firearms laws, Hochul said (see video beginning at 11:30):
We also talked about, I mentioned, social media a number of times. I ve called upon and working closely [sic] with our attorney general to identify what s going on in social media. Those questions are now part of our background check, such as like in the old days you d talk to someone s neighbor. Now you can talk to their neighbors online and find out whether or not this person has been spouting, uh, you know, philosophies that indicate they have been radicalized, and that s how we protect our citizens as well.
This plan, however, is problematic on its face, even before analyzing how it will be applied.
Un.be.lievable.