|
|
|
NOTE!
This is a real-time comments system. As such, it's also a
free speech zone within guidelines set forth on the Post
Comments page. Opinions expressed here may or may not
reflect those of KeepAndBearArms staff, members, or
any other living person besides the one who posted them.
Please keep that in mind. We ask that all who post
comments assure that they adhere to our Inclusion
Policy, but there's a bad apple in every
bunch, and we have no control over bigots and
other small-minded people. Thank you. --KeepAndBearArms.com
|
The
Below Comments Relate to this Newslink:
NRA, Republicans block proposed law to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns in U.S.
Submitted by:
Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
|
There
are 2 comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
The NRA — and their gun-loving Republican cohorts — are refusing once more to stop terrorists intent on getting armed in the U.S.A.
A legal loophole allows suspected terrorists on the government’s no-fly list to legally buy guns, but a bill to fix that will likely wither on the vine. The federal Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act...remains a long shot due to its rabid pro-gun opponents.
...
While the bill remained a nonstarter, more than 2,000 suspects on the FBI’s Terrorist Watchlist bought weapons in the U.S. over the last 11 years, according to the federal Government Accountability Office.
Ed.: And none of them actually committed any acts of terrorism, so maybe the NRA is right about due process? |
| Comment by:
laker1
(11/19/2015)
|
| 700,000 on watch list. Does that mean we have 700,000 terrorist in the US? One could argue that Ted Kennedy being on the list was a correct one or the list is bogus and anti-American. |
| Comment by:
jac
(11/19/2015)
|
Nobody knows how they compiled the list, and it is basically impossible for one to get his name removed from the list.
Numerous people known to be on the list have never committed a crime, have no history of terrorism and are obviously on the list in error.
The government can take away rights at the drop of a hat. Why would we want to allow them to take away one's second amendment rights without cause and due process.
If they have evidence of criminal activity, or terrorism, all they have to do is go to a prosecutor (of which there are many) and have him charged and arrested. |
|
|
| QUOTES
TO REMEMBER |
| "Some people think that the Second Amendment is an outdated relic of an earlier time. Doubtless some also think that constitutional protections of other rights are outdated relics of earlier times. We The People own those rights regardless, unless and until We The People repeal them. For those who believe it to be outdated, the Second Amendment provides a good test of whether their allegiance is really to the Constitution of the United States, or only to their preferences in public policies and audiences. The Constitution is law, not vague aspirations, and we are obligated to protect, defend, and apply it. If the Second Amendment were truly an outdated relic, the Constitution provides a method for repeal. The Constitution does not furnish the federal courts with an eraser." --9th Circuit Court Judge Andrew Kleinfeld, dissenting opinion in which the court refused to rehear the case while citing deeply flawed anti-Second Amendment nonsense (Nordyke v. King; opinion filed April 5, 2004) |
|
|
