Fixing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) will make everyone safer without infringing on our 2nd Amendment rights. | John Cornyn

17K views · 1.1K reactions | The National Instant Background Check System (NICS) has a 95% false positive rate, denying those Americans the right to purchase a firearm. The administrative errors made by the NICS system outline the everyday failures of the federal government, but Americans pay the price. | Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene | Facebook

My colleagues are justifiably concerned that facial recognition technology used by law enforcement produces more false matches for people of color than for whites. But imagine an even less sophisticated computer system that instantly adjudicates your civil rights based on the spelling of your first and last name and your birthday, and whether you share that name with someone convicted of a felony or with someone who may be in prison today. Well, such a system exists, and there is no judge or jur