Topic: New C.T.T.P laws

[7baht]

Background checks are good...example..true example in my case...........i went to buy a pistol and they ran a background check on me and then informed me i couldnt own a gun. they ask me to drop by the sheriff's office and they would discuss it with me....

I was informed that I had a sexual charge against me.......talk about a jaw dropper.
I ask where from and they told me the state and i blew up..........that state had filed all its charges of assault into a single microfilmed file titled assault / sexual. The whole thing was i got into a fight at a local bar with a guy and the case was thrown out of court. If it hadnt been for the back ground check i would have never discovered this and this might could explain why i was refused several jobs with the government in the security area.

I would advise people to check their own police records...crap like this happens and can black list you. In my case i had to threaten with a law suit before they sent me a letter stating the error from that state.

[retiredstillteaching]

In the US all one has to do is ask the FBI if they have anything about you. I did this in the 1970s to see if the Feds had anything on me for my anti-Vietnam War activities; they said no.

In the country where I'm currently eyeing and discussing a teaching job a police background check is required of every foreigner seeking to enter the country. A country has the inherent and absolute right to control its borders, so I haven't any problem with police background checks by governments or potential employers.

The problems occur when a government's classification and record keeping systems are poorly organized or organized without much care or attenton to accuracy and detail, as 7baht points out in his experience.

This background stuff still needs a lot of accurate sorting out by many governments, including in the West.

[airpuka]

I wish the thai government would just come out with a list of requirments and not change them every 2 weeks, these people in power are very unorganized and stupid.