LazyLongposter
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LazyLongposter
11d ago
I have to ask if you are in gun rights spaces at all, because this is very reminiscent of a more moderate (but still pro-gun) suggestion on private sales: Give NICS access (i.e. the federal background check system for firearms purchases) to everyone, with it returning nothing but "yes" or "no", and then require it for all sales, including private. No official record needed (serial numbers, etc.), but at least allow law abiding citizens to sell guns at any time with peace of mind that they're not selling to a felon. And if they do, and they didn't use NICS, proponents argue legal action against the seller is a minimally intrusive and maximally effective way of curbing illegal sales.
Much in the same way, this is a way to verify workers in a minimally intrusive and maximally effective way. And just like NICS access (and voter ID), I doubt anyone with political weight is going to advocate for it.
I feel like credit reporting companies (the panopticon) could be used for good here. They have such a good database that they could send courtesy messages to people asking "hey did you get a job in a completely different state that you have no connection to?" This rules out willing participants but could tamp down on identity theft, which should be their job anyway.
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