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From: otto@fsu1.cc.fsu.edu (John Otto)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Recent study on credit accuracy
Message-ID: <1991May2.205234.3330@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Date: 3 May 91 01:02:51 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.173216.16716@looking.on.ca> <1991May1.153852.2427@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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In article <1991May1.153852.2427@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, gl8f@astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) writes...
>In article <1991Apr30.173216.16716@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
> 
>>	WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The credit reports on file for millions of
>>Americans often contain errors that could cost consumers a good credit
>>rating, approval for housing or even a job, a study concluded Monday.
> 
>The fun thing about this article is that it appeared in the Washington
>Post the same day that the NRA ran a full-page advertisement about the
>proposed "instant check" gun purchase system... claiming that it was
>obvious that such a system was possible because we already have credit
>databases.

This is the second reference (the first being an article in the Tallahassee
Demagogue) to the NRA supporting a record check system.  I didn't believe
they would support such a thing, at first.  That's worse than the 3 or 7 or
10 day waiting period they're opposing (except those implementations which
allow the local blue coat gang an essentially limitless amount of time to
actually clear the purchase).  The Bill of Rights is definitely under
attack down the line... John G. Otto  jgo@fsu.bitnet  jgo@rai.cc.fsu.edu