John Smith wrote on Jun 21
st, 2016 at 9:32am:
The4thEstate wrote on Jun 21
st, 2016 at 12:11am:
But why should we believe that tougher gun laws will prevent further acts of Islamic terrorism on U.S. soil?
As I understand it, the pro gun lobby even protests restrictions on the sale of weapons to people on the 'no fly' list (suspected of links to terrorism)
how friggen stupid is that? Surely they can't all be Texicans?
The NRA's stated position is this:
"The NRA’s only objective is to ensure that Americans who are wrongly on the list are afforded their constitutional right to due process."
The problem with one of the proposed gun control laws was that it would have given the Attorney General the power to decide who should be put on a terrorist watch list and thus denied the right to purchase a firearm.
It might sound puzzling, but remember that this is the same administration whose Justice Department spied on journalists and whose Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups. In other words, why give this government the power to decide, without judicial review, who has and doesn't have Second Amendment rights?
That said, I do believe that the feds should maintain a terrorism watch list that is triggered whenever anyone on it attempts to purchase firearms. At that point the FBI (or whoever) could swing into action, either taking legal action to deny the purchase ... or allowing it and conducting undercover surveillance of the purchaser. But there should be a judge involved in the decision.
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