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NRA, Republicans block proposed law to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns in U.S.
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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.
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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? |
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laker1
(11/19/2015)
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| 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. |
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jac
(11/19/2015)
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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. |
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