I was reading an article about the Grady Scott case. Indy.com | Post: Owners must give fingerprints to get guns back from IMPD | Indianapolis, Indiana
where this old guy who had his guns ceased because of the wrong address on a search warrant.
This part of the article got my attention
Can you imagine being 69 years old, staying out of trouble your whole life, being told that you have to be fingerprinted to keep your property?
This is something I had to think about last year when I applied for my LTCH. I was sort of proud of the fact that I had previously, never had occasion to be fingerprinted.
where this old guy who had his guns ceased because of the wrong address on a search warrant.
This part of the article got my attention
So what do you think? Are there legitimate reasons why honest people don't want to be fingerprinted?Stephen Dunlop, president of Hoosiers Concerned About Gun Violence, said fingerprinting helps police keep guns out of the hands of criminals and other dangerous individuals.
“Since the gun community has been so resistant to any registration of guns and any tracking of guns once they leave the gun store, this is a real problem for police,” Dunlop said. Fingerprinting “is not an unreasonable thing to do to try to confirm the identity.”
Honest gun owners should have no problem with submitting to fingerprint checks, Dunlop said.
“You have to think: ‘Why would someone refuse to give their fingerprint?’ " he said.
Can you imagine being 69 years old, staying out of trouble your whole life, being told that you have to be fingerprinted to keep your property?
This is something I had to think about last year when I applied for my LTCH. I was sort of proud of the fact that I had previously, never had occasion to be fingerprinted.