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No-fly list: shades of Nazi Germany
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Mark A. Taff
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Democrat Congressman Mike Thompson (CA) and Republican Congressman Peter King (NY) are trying to push a bill through Congress that would deny gun purchases to people who are on the federal government's "no-fly" list. President Obama took to the national airwaves a few days ago to further pressure Congress to pass this legislation. King introduced H.R. 1076 back in February of this year. Now, after the shootings in California, Thompson has filed a discharge petition in an attempt to force a vote on the bill. Senate Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is trying to muster support for the bill in the upper house of Congress.
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PHORTO
(12/12/2015)
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The author correctly characterizes the 5th Amendment foreclosure of any so-called "suspected terrorist no-fly list".
A suspect is not a convict, Q.E.D. |
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