NICS, whether "“improved"” or not, creates a record of gun purchases, that is, a de facto registration list of gun owners. And while current law prohibits retaining records, there are many lawmakers eager to change that.
What if it was possible to establish a system for clearing firearm purchases with no identifying information about lawful buyers?
The Blind Identification Database System, or BIDS, is designed to do just that.
"A Request for BIDS" is my Rights Watch column for the February 2007 issue of GUNS Magazine, up for bids now at at offering newsstands throughout the Republic.
BONUS: See page 108 to find out how you can win a "Kimber 1911 Desert Warrior with Crimson Trace Laser Grips, Insight M3 [light], Blackhawk Holster, belt and light holder and United Cutlery US Army Ranger Knife!"
Also in this issue: My review of Matt Bracken's gripping new novel, Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista.
[More on BIDS from WarOnGuns]