Former ATF agent, and once-wannabe Director, David Chipman thinks that delaying Second Amendment rights by requiring people to pay good money to beg the government to give them permission to purchase a firearm by first proving they are not a criminal, and then waiting even longer if the feds can’t do their — unconstitutional — job in a timely manner, is convenient.

“This is a security system set up in such a way as not to inconvenience gun buyers and sellers,” Chipman said. “There is no other security system that I’m aware of that is set up in this way. Think of it: the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) was set up to prevent another 9/11. But the nature of that job requires putting people at some inconvenience.”

The TSA comparison is interesting, and strongly suggestive of what he’d like to inflict on citizens.

I recall the first time I had to endure the NICS check. After years of conveniently just paying my money and taking my new gun home, I decided to buy a little Marlin .22 rifle. And then the gun shop told — quite apologetically; it wasn’t their fault — that I had to pay extra for a background check.

Me, a military veteran and former peace officer, gainfully employed, with a clean record.

But I had to let the gov prove it first.

Neither I nor the gun shop found that “convenient.”