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Article 23
(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: infolurker
The same argument can be made for employers. How do we know they're not storing our information for nefarious purposes? Should we boycott employers requiring a background check too?
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
If this thread is anything to go by, background checks are somehow an infringement on our rights. Some people seem to think that if background checks are required to buy a gun at any legitimate seller, their right to bear arms is violated. This is, of course, nonsense. If you are still able to own a gun after your background check then your rights weren't violated at all.
This is nothing more than manufactured outrage because it has to do with Obama, and as we all know Obama can't do anything right even when he does.
I asked a question in the thread I linked to that wasn't answered and I thought deserved its own thread.
According to the UDHR (Universal Declaration of Human Rights), the right to work is a human right. It goes as such:
Article 23
(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
Source
The UDHR was a declaration created and drafted by 18 members of the Commision on Human Rights, the United States being one of those members. The declaration was accepted by America so we abide by these rights.
So, if working is a human right, are employers who perform background checks infringing on our right to work? If not, why would required background checks to own a gun be any different? They're both human rights according to America, so why does one get a pass but the other doesn't?
Thanks in advance.
ETA: Just to be clear, I am not against employers performing background checks.
originally posted by: infolurker
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: infolurker The same argument can be made for employers. How do we know they're not storing our information for nefarious purposes? Should we boycott employers requiring a background check too?
Sure, right after we get rid of those damned credit scores!
Can challenge the government no fly list.
Etc.
If this thread is anything to go by, background checks are somehow an infringement on our rights. Some people seem to think that if background checks are required to buy a gun at any legitimate seller, their right to bear arms is violated. This is, of course, nonsense. If you are still able to own a gun after your background check then your rights weren't violated at all.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: Maxatoria
I'm not against background checks by employers, the title was sarcastic.
I don't want someone who was convicted of shooting another person out of jealousy to own a gun, but as we have it now, they can if they go to aa high volume dealer.
The danger here is not performing a background check but notating exactly what is bought and then attempting to get in the middle of person to person transfers in order to get a backdoor registration list for later confiscation and prosecution.