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Vinca

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34. I've heard Republicans argue that people on the "no fly" list should be able to buy guns
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 04:16 PM
Jun 2016

because sometimes there are mistakes on the list. I guess the choice is inconvenience a person inadvertently put on the list or make sure bad guys are able to buy guns. The GOP, for the most part, sides with the bad guy.

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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