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The NRA doesn't want to lose them as customers. Gomez163 Jun 2016 #1
It's insanity. Joe the Revelator Jun 2016 #2
Who is on the list and how did they get there...Tell us that first. ileus Jun 2016 #3
^^ Brickbat Jun 2016 #10
Anyone being on the list isn't automatically prevented from purchasing guns Siwsan Jun 2016 #14
If they're such a threat why not just imprison or deport them? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #24
I wonder if the OP can also tell us how you get off the "list." Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #15
Join the NRA jpak Jun 2016 #28
Blup. (Phew!). Your's for the 5th Amendment... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #36
I also read that he was allowed to carry because he had been jwirr Jun 2016 #4
False. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #8
It's called due process. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #5
AMEN!! If you're on the FBI radar then fuck that... you can't buy a gun uponit7771 Jun 2016 #6
As an old lefty activist, my heart is warmed by your faith in the FBI's "process." Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #37
Refine the process, bout as easy as it gets uponit7771 Jun 2016 #39
Really ridiculous. Southerncomfy Jun 2016 #7
Buying a weapon should automatically put you on the terror watch list. nt onehandle Jun 2016 #9
You don't think 80 million American's being on the list might dilute it's purpose a bit? lol EX500rider Jun 2016 #13
Ah, he/she is magnanimous to a falt. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #38
The NRA can go to hell!!! Lint Head Jun 2016 #11
you do not care about due process Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #12
What??? Siwsan Jun 2016 #18
the point he is trying to make is that it is a secret list with no appeal process Amishman Jun 2016 #21
Yeah, but when it involves guns, "liberals" begin to sound less so. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #42
Yes. From the President himself: KeepItReal Jun 2016 #16
I'm as big a supporter of gun control as anybody here, Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #17
If you are on the list, I would think it would be a stronger investigative process Siwsan Jun 2016 #20
How about the late Sen. Ted Kennedy? (The name 'T. Kennedy' was a 'watched' name for a time.) X_Digger Jun 2016 #23
then refine the list the point still stands uponit7771 Jun 2016 #40
I'll pose the same question I asked Siwsan.. X_Digger Jun 2016 #46
because it's a watch list JI7 Jun 2016 #19
But it's all about freeeeeeedumb! Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #22
Or to drive. Do you support "lists" to prevent gun purchases, which is a right? Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #43
There are broad Constitutional (5th Amendment) problems with watch lists. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #25
Newsweek story on this Lance Bass esquire Jun 2016 #26
Yes... deathrind Jun 2016 #27
I give up and am going to make another strong Gin and Tonic Siwsan Jun 2016 #32
NRA (nt) MaggieD Jun 2016 #29
TSA for the most part uses millimeter waves, not x-rays. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #30
That is parsing and does not negate my point Siwsan Jun 2016 #31
Well one is harmful to the body. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #33
There are practical problems with a watch list as Nutmeg in #25 notes. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #44
I've heard Republicans argue that people on the "no fly" list should be able to buy guns Vinca Jun 2016 #34
Most Democrats argue the same thing, particually when Dubya introduced these lists. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #35
Yes. Raine1967 Jun 2016 #41
Why the fuck are you on a list to ban u from buying guns but stil jmg257 Jun 2016 #45
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