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95. One doesn't have miltiple contacts with the FBI if something isn't wrong...

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Mon Jun 13, 2016, 11:59 AM

Jun 2016

a terrorist wouldn't necessarily want the attention but someone with a score to settle or hate might not care.

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Bill Rejected By The GOP 6 Months Ago Would Have Stopped Florida Shooter From Gun Purchase [View all] L. Coyote Jun 2016 OP

The idea that terrorists are innocent until proven guilty... scscholar Jun 2016 #1

It's the NRA's objective to ratchet things up, so that there is more fear and more gun sales. TheBlackAdder Jun 2016 #59

Exactly what goes on, more gun sales, and congress supports them for $$$$$'s. It's RKP5637 Jun 2016 #77

Exactly. The NRA works for gun manufacturers... Beartracks Jun 2016 #111

Which list was he on? linuxman Jun 2016 #2

A good question. LS_Editor Jun 2016 #3

at least 2 MariaThinks Jun 2016 #4

Really? which ones? linuxman Jun 2016 #18

Support for secret government lists on DU? Ok. Nt hack89 Jun 2016 #5

Misconstruing an OP. Never happened before on DU. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #6

Sorry. Thought you supported the proposed law. Nt hack89 Jun 2016 #7

Republicans opposed the law is my point. You miscontrue why they oppose it. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #61

And you and I oppose the law for a more positive reason hack89 Jun 2016 #69

I know, can you imagine? Darb Jun 2016 #8

So secret lists and no due process is fine with you? hack89 Jun 2016 #9

Getting rid of the archaic 2nd Amendment seems the better path. GeorgeGist Jun 2016 #12

That would be very hard if not impossible hack89 Jun 2016 #14

So instead of just being a naysayer to the idea of fixing things Laha Jun 2016 #49

starting a genuine civil war is not part of the solution AntiBank Jun 2016 #55

Putting words into my mouth Laha Jun 2016 #72

I agree on that, I did feel you were advocating for repeal, if not, I stand corrected AntiBank Jun 2016 #75

Cool, thanks! Laha Jun 2016 #86

lots of crazily fucked up shit happening all at once, hugs AntiBank Jun 2016 #87

you do realise your advocation for 2nd Amendment repeal would trigger a civil war? AntiBank Jun 2016 #54

Australia managed. Perhaps they're more exceptional than we are. Scuba Jun 2016 #90

they are way less violent than the American collective psyche, and the Aussies can (and have been) AntiBank Jun 2016 #91

So they're "lless violent" but "murderous fuckers." Cognitive dissonance at its finest. Scuba Jun 2016 #92

wow did you misread my words AntiBank Jun 2016 #93

Then I apologize and plead only that your assertion that the US would have a civil war over the 2A.. Scuba Jun 2016 #102

Thwre are so many nutters, I think several million, who would get into a shooting war AntiBank Jun 2016 #103

What secret list are you talking about? Darb Jun 2016 #13

The government terror lists. hack89 Jun 2016 #15

No, I didn't support the Patriot Act, derrrr. Darb Jun 2016 #19

Yet you support the watch lists the Patriot Act created. hack89 Jun 2016 #21

I support common sense gun control. Darb Jun 2016 #22

Guilty until proven innocent. There we have it. hack89 Jun 2016 #23

You are significant only in the helping hand you lend Darb Jun 2016 #25

And *your* collective guilt-tripping is bullshit, as your efforts are nowhere near honest... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #26

In come the re-reinforcements. WhooHoo. Darb Jun 2016 #30

I despise the NRA, and your proclamations of moral superiority are mere demagoguery friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #32

Ok, got it. Darb Jun 2016 #36

I don't plan to change. hack89 Jun 2016 #27

Call you out. Darb Jun 2016 #31

Sorry. Don't care what you think. hack89 Jun 2016 #33

Maybe if I paid you. Darb Jun 2016 #35

Your game is weaker than normal tonight. hack89 Jun 2016 #38

WhooHoo. I win again. Darb Jun 2016 #40

Of course you won. You struck a major blow for gun control. hack89 Jun 2016 #44

Maybe if you did more than wear out keyboards... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #39

"My hands are perfectly clean" progressoid Jun 2016 #96

Darb and I have a history hack89 Jun 2016 #97

Speaking of hands, how many guns do you have again? Marengo Jun 2016 #74

more than he needs, less than he wants, to paraphrase Al Franken on Phil Gramm, porn flick investor Gabi Hayes Jun 2016 #100

These secret lists have been in place since 2001. All lists, whether to kill or silence, originate ancianita Jun 2016 #58

I agree with you. RAFisher Jun 2016 #57

You do realize assault weapons were banned before? L. Coyote Jun 2016 #62

Then reinstate the assault weapons ban, but like Connecticut's, so we never again sell AR-15s. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #80

If you are on the no fly list or the terrorist watch list, no guns for you! Very simple. Pisces Jun 2016 #10

Make the lists transparent and add due process hack89 Jun 2016 #16

Ted Kennedy was on the no fly list Travis_0004 Jun 2016 #29

Senator Kennedy was never on the No Fly list. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #106

So Bush's TERRAHIST lists sarisataka Jun 2016 #11

So Bush's TERRAHIST lists are cool now? Angel Martin Jun 2016 #17

Makes it even more important to elect Democrats. Darb Jun 2016 #34

a Democrat won't be in WH forever nt Angel Martin Jun 2016 #37

He may not have been on the watch list any more, passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #20

He wasn't - you are correct JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #76

SECOND AMENDMENT SECOND AMENDMENT SECOND AMENDMENT... LynneSin Jun 2016 #24

He probably wasn't on one of the lists. Calista241 Jun 2016 #28

Is that all that's required to get on a list these days? sarisataka Jun 2016 #41

Love the redress page, so usefull Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #47

And if you check sarisataka Jun 2016 #51

Lol. nt Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #52

Sensible gun laws should be passed, why some ask, simply there are some people who are Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #42

Obama should just declare a national emergency, and implement the law anyway bluestateguy Jun 2016 #43

that sounds more like something Trump would do JustinL Jun 2016 #60

Seriously?! You want a dictator, not a president! NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #81

Heh. The ACLU is now an NRA TalkingPoint® in his thread. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #109

Absolutely shameful and disgusting sentiment. Lucky for us, Mr. Obama is not a dictator tritsofme Jun 2016 #105

I would have thought the crack about the 3 white male judges gave it away as sarcasm bluestateguy Jun 2016 #107

It is frustratingly difficult to tell these days... tritsofme Jun 2016 #108

How do you fight a war on terror when the party in power are enabling the terrorists? Initech Jun 2016 #45

both parties enable the terrorists when they both support empiric wars AntiBank Jun 2016 #56

what secret list was he on? Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #46

Security professionals are exempt from gun control Bengi Jun 2016 #48

So you want "the gay community" to hate a religion of 1.6 billion, 23% of earth's population. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #64

The key is selectivity. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #83

So, you are doubling down. Why not distinguish violent fundamentalists from everyone? L. Coyote Jun 2016 #88

Oh, for fuck sake. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #89

The same place its outrage at Christianity? tia uponit7771 Jun 2016 #71

What's really cool is that you don't seem anything at all like a troll Orrex Jun 2016 #73

As a member of the gay community justiceischeap Jun 2016 #79

Fundamental problem, this post is not being fully truthful. It was not a bill, it was an amendment AntiBank Jun 2016 #50

Yep. It was theater, nothing more. NT. herding cats Jun 2016 #63

To be fair, the post truthfully reports what MSNBC said. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #65

For what little it's worth I get why it was introduced to the bill herding cats Jun 2016 #67

I guess I worded it wrong, I meant the article was dodgy, not the poster AntiBank Jun 2016 #68

This article is a lie. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #53

And Republicans voted the way they did because they support the ACLU, right? L. Coyote Jun 2016 #66

Then make the list more accurate or scale it, if someone is on the list it should be definate that uponit7771 Jun 2016 #70

Turns out he wasn't on the watch list... PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #78

People on the Terrorism watch list should not buy guns Gothmog Jun 2016 #82

Agreed wholeheartedly. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #84

Why not just create an execution list and put the NRA leadership on it? NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #85

Of course. Standard for R's as they force the society to eat itself alive. They always gather money FighttheFuture Jun 2016 #94

One doesn't have miltiple contacts with the FBI if something isn't wrong... Historic NY Jun 2016 #95

Hasn't Hillary been having "multiple contacts" with the FBI lately.... anoNY42 Jun 2016 #101

Actually not but you'd probably know that if you actually did some real research... Historic NY Jun 2016 #116

Repugs directly created ISIS by John McCain's funding them as Syrian rebels. lark Jun 2016 #98

Three times the FBI had to check him out. Future gun buys should be flagged for another review. Sunlei Jun 2016 #99

This bill must have been written for messaging purposes, to write campaign ads, not become law. tritsofme Jun 2016 #104

Beyond the constitutional questions there is a tactical problem with BushCo warch lists... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #110

K&R! red dog 1 Jun 2016 #112

"if the person is Muslim ... then it’s terrorism rather than someone who may have a mental illness" L. Coyote Jun 2016 #113

That law SickOfTheOnePct Jun 2016 #114

Sometimes government lets us down. ImLiberalNotLeftist Jun 2016 #115