NICS Has Been Weaponized

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What you might not expect is an FBI agent receiving a ping that you – yes, you – just successfully bought a gun. And you might be surprised to learn that this agent has been receiving notifications of your purchases for months – or years.

Of course, such a surveillance scheme would be flatly unconstitutional – not to mention a violation of several safeguards already codified in federal law. Yet slowly but surely, the government has been building a record of the private collections of thousands of American citizens, even though federal law expressly prohibits that “any system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions” be established.

Of course, even though they are being monitored, these victims remain law-abiding, meaning the government has no probable cause to justify seeking a warrant authorizing such a search in the first place.

Now, Gun Owners of America has discovered that the FBI has been using its Second Amendment surveillance program not only to enforce federal law, but also to help California target owners of newly banned “assault weapons.”

Gun Owners of America
April 1, 2025
FBI Weaponizes Background Checks To Enforce California Gun Ban | ZeroHedge

Ultimately, the NICS checks need to be done away with. They are unconstitutional, and, at best, of no value in enhancing public safety. And a strong case can be made that they are counterproductive to public safety (see also JPFO on GCA68).

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9 thoughts on “NICS Has Been Weaponized”

  1. The other day in the reporting about SCOTUS upholding Biden’s regulations about “ghost guns” it was stated that the government argued they needed this (serial numbers, for example) to ensure guns were properly registered. I figured that could just be idiot reporters talking. But it could also be a sign that the government is abusing NICS as a gun registry.
    We know, of course, what the purpose of a registry is.

  2. “Ultimately, the NICS checks needs to be done away with.”
    And everyone involved in it put in jail.

  3. Firearms, like any other machinery, need serial numbers for one legitimate purpose: warrantee work by the manufacturer. That’s a matter of commerce.

    The background check system has only one productive purpose that it might be effective at: assuring good people that they are transferring a firearm to a non-prohibited person. That’s a matter of people, not the firearms. A background check is not effective for any other alleged legitimate purpose, but it’s certainly effective for numerous unstated illegitimate purposes.

      • But that doesn’t require the government to have a record of the serial numbers. For that matter, the numbers don’t even need to be serial. They could have UUIDs block-issued by the NSSF at the request of manufacturers.

        Want to return stolen goods? Send the item back to its manufacturer for a warrantee inspection, then the manufacturer (or an inheritor organization if the company has gone out of business) will send the item back to their warrantee registered owner.

        • Agreed.

          My scenario is you reporting a gun/serial number as stolen, and the police confirm a suspect in possession of stolen goods.

  4. Fruit of the poisoned tree.
    Then sue the agent and the agency for violations of federal law including but not limited to deprivation of rights under color of law.

    • A former FBI agent told me how they recreate the “fruit.” The “poisoned tree” is only a minor obstacle.

  5. Since there are no meaningful penalties for Fed agents who violate Rights….CONSTANTLY…they have no reason or incentive to not violate Rights.
    Till that reality changes nothing else will change.

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