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Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts) Thu Dec 3, 2015, 12:41 PM Dec 2015

Will Jihadists legally buying guns be a game-changer in the gun control debate? [View all]

I'm not holding my breath as I really thought Sandy Hook would change the debate but was sadly wrong. Obviously there cannot be a religious test for buying firearms (and I assume that a "no gun" list akin to the "no fly" list would be struck down on Second Amendment grounds). But you would think that Wayne LaPierre will at least be made to squirm by defending the right of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik to legally buy semiautomatic weapons.

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Will Jihadists legally buying guns be a game-changer in the gun control debate? [View all] Nye Bevan Dec 2015 OP

Scary people and bad guys (you know, dark skinned Americans) have guns. The answer? MORE GUNS! Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #1

Listening to their responses to preventing people on the terrorist watch list from buying guns. No. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #2

Was Syed Rizwan Farook on the terrorist watchlist? EL34x4 Dec 2015 #3

So you support the right of persons on the no fly list to buy weapons? bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #9

I support people being placed on "no fly" lists EL34x4 Dec 2015 #11

Neither am I. There should be due process and there must be an appeal process. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #12

Saudi Arabia? Our staunch and wonderful ally Saudi Arabia? KamaAina Dec 2015 #14

In a word "no" Fast Walker 52 Dec 2015 #4

Nope. maxsolomon Dec 2015 #5

If Sandy Hook couldn't change the game, nothing will ecstatic Dec 2015 #6

No awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #7

Nope. pinstikfartherin Dec 2015 #8

Nope. eom MohRokTah Dec 2015 #10

Nope... TipTok Dec 2015 #13