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Hello,
I am currently being denied the right to purchase any and all firearms because I refuse to have or use a Social Security number, which no law requires me to have or use to live, work, or exercise my rights in my own state and country.
I have a valid U.S. Passport, obtained with no SSN, a certified copy of my Birth Certificate, issued by a California county where I was born. I have vehicle title and registration documents evidencing residency. I have no felony convictions, nor any other reason to be denied my rights under the 2nd Amendment.
While the States are forbidden from demanding a SSN for gun purchases and concealed carry permits, California gets around the prohibition by requiring one of only two forms of identification, both issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and both requiring a SSN to obtain.
The authority for the demand for SSN is given as Title 42, section 666 of the United States Code, also known as the "Deadeat Dads" law, meant to facilitate the collection of back child support payments. I am not married, never have been, nor am I a father to any child, and most likely never will be, since I am now 51 years old. That law names driver's licenses, but does not name identification cards as being applicable, yet California acts as if the law applies to both, when it clearly only applies to driver's licenses.
This is all a disgusting and cynical effort by the state to circumvent the protection of rights offered by the Privacy Act, which prohibits demanding of SSN's for all but limited, proper, and specified purposes, by demanding identification documents it knows require the SSN, rather than accepting other valid identification, or demanding it directly on their DROS background check forms, which would be blatantly illegal.
I understand that Mike Stollenwerk was successful in California in a similar case, to the extent he was able to resolve the matter without going to court. I would like to have access to his research and filing documents, if possible, in the hopes I can resolve my issue myself, without having to hire an attorney and go to state and then to federal court, which will cost lots of time and money, neither of which I have.
Hello,
I am currently being denied the right to purchase any and all firearms because I refuse to have or use a Social Security number, which no law requires me to have or use to live, work, or exercise my rights in my own state and country.
I have a valid U.S. Passport, obtained with no SSN, a certified copy of my Birth Certificate, issued by a California county where I was born. I have vehicle title and registration documents evidencing residency. I have no felony convictions, nor any other reason to be denied my rights under the 2nd Amendment.
While the States are forbidden from demanding a SSN for gun purchases and concealed carry permits, California gets around the prohibition by requiring one of only two forms of identification, both issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, and both requiring a SSN to obtain.
The authority for the demand for SSN is given as Title 42, section 666 of the United States Code, also known as the "Deadeat Dads" law, meant to facilitate the collection of back child support payments. I am not married, never have been, nor am I a father to any child, and most likely never will be, since I am now 51 years old. That law names driver's licenses, but does not name identification cards as being applicable, yet California acts as if the law applies to both, when it clearly only applies to driver's licenses.
This is all a disgusting and cynical effort by the state to circumvent the protection of rights offered by the Privacy Act, which prohibits demanding of SSN's for all but limited, proper, and specified purposes, by demanding identification documents it knows require the SSN, rather than accepting other valid identification, or demanding it directly on their DROS background check forms, which would be blatantly illegal.
I understand that Mike Stollenwerk was successful in California in a similar case, to the extent he was able to resolve the matter without going to court. I would like to have access to his research and filing documents, if possible, in the hopes I can resolve my issue myself, without having to hire an attorney and go to state and then to federal court, which will cost lots of time and money, neither of which I have.