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Fed. court rules state can't require SSNs for gun permits
A federal court has ruled that Pennsylvania may not require Social Security numbers for its gun permit applicants.
Federal law has a fairly broad prohibition against States requiring a person to put down their SSN (there are exceptions, including driver's license applications), but State agencies violate this with frequency (in many cases, without knowing it exists).
[Hat tip to Kathy Habel]
Comments
The ham handed bureaucrats got caught, got their hand slapped, and, in the process received a reminder that they exist to implement the constitutionally mandated needs of "We The People" , not the reverse.
Posted by: The Mechanic at March 1, 2006 07:17 PM
Texas requires SSNs for CCL and Drivers license. Wonder if this case will impact here?
Posted by: robert at March 3, 2006 09:40 AM