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I don't see all the racism you're getting at here.
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I don't see it as being nearly as pervasive as it once was, but it's still there. A buddy of mine, DSGT A. Rios (US Army), once spent the better part of 2HRS securing his Pistol Purchase Permit because the dumb bitch as the Watauga Cty. Sherriff's Office simply refused to believe that a Messikan (actually a 3rd-generation US Citizen of Bolvian extraction) could POSSIBLY be legally in the US -and- not be a criminal. "He's big, brown, and has a Messikan name...he's gotta be a wetback, a drug dealer, or a pimp. Gotta be." He showed up in his dress uniform, with assorted military papers/orders, his military ID, birth certificate, passport -and- NC Driver's License...she demanded to see his Green Card. He showed her his BC...and she demanded his Green Card. Even after repeated proofs of his status not only as a Citizen but a Natural-borne one at that...she still demanded his Green Card. When he couldn't produce one (because he didn't have one) she threatened to have him arrested for, among other things, impersonating US Army personnel and attempting to purchase a firearm as an illegal alien! I had to call down there from 2 Counties over and explain to the Deputy who answered the phone what had transpired. He put me on the phone to Permit Bitch, whom it took 20mins to convince that DSGT Rios was, in fact, a Drill Seargent in the US Army, a native-borne US Citizen, and fully legal to purchase a firearm.
-THEN- she ran his background check and gave him the permit...but ONLY after "he'd been vouched for by an upstanding White citizen."
People like that, and there are lots of them out there, are the biggest single part of why I do not, cannot, and will not support permitting systems.