I live in Connecticut. I don't necessarily agree with my governor. [View all]

[Atman]

After Newtown, it's pretty crazy hard to buy a gun in Connecticut. Malloy is about to make it even more difficult.

I understand the motivation, I understand the "common sense" angle. But I've also experienced it first hand. Our son, who had never flown before in his life except for being a lap-top passenger when he was six months old, was blocked from his very first ever vacation. He was on the terror watch list. He was a big boy! Got a real job with vacation time, but when he tried to use that vacation time, he was told he could not board the plane. Hotel reservations made, time taken off of work.

His offense? His named matched that of a member of the Irish Republican Army, a guy who had been dead for nearly 20 years.

My kids missed their flight and were offered no compensation, since it was, y'know, just business.

So, while I understand Governor Malloy's "common sense" argument, and my kid was not buying a gun, the no-fly list should not be a be-all and end-all. Sure, you can appeal later. But what happens when Disney World or Southwest Airlines says "sorry, you were on the no-fly list" even though you've never stepped foot on an airplane?