Connecticut to limit access to guns for people on watch lists: governor

[sarisataka]

Connecticut to limit access to guns for people on watch lists: governor

Connecticut would become the first U.S. state to ban the sale of guns to people on government watch lists under an executive order that Governor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, said on Thursday he will sign.

The measure, which Malloy said needs federal approval, would require state police to review whether a potential gun buyer was on the federal no-fly list or on a watchlist for people suspected of ties to terrorism.

It would also revoke existing gun permits issued to people whose names were found on such a list.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-connecticut-guns-idUSKBN0TT2EM20151210#bg2RKFf8I9ZFH6fU.99

When did Democrats change from opposing Republican unconstitutional rights violations to expanding them? These list were illegal from the day they were conceived and are just as wrong today.

[hack89]

1. Another politician pandering to fear and embracing secret government lists

you would think Dems would be better than this.

[sarisataka]

4. You would think so

but it seems fear outweighs commitment to civil rights for too many Dems.

[GGJohn]

2. When it became about GUNS. eom.

[petronius]

3. Interesting. Previous articles made it sound like just the

'no-fly' list, but this one says it's the much broader watchlist - an even bigger misstep, I'd say.

I've posted my opposition to using these lists to deny citizens and residents their civil rights/liberties, but here are a couple of DU thread linking well-articulated arguments from outside sources:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7434309

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027439041