So, you believe that someone on the terror watch list should be able to get the gun on the spot and then take a u-turn to the nearest theater to do his thing?
So, you believe that the government should be able to create secret lists of people who are denied their fundamental, God-given, Constitution protected human right to self defense?
We used to have trials for that, "jury of your peers," remember? Now we just have a list. It's a secret list, and once you're on it, there's no appeal. Sound a bit like "1984" or Nazi Germany? It should, because it is.
I don’t think that preventing people on terrorist watch lists from buying guns will save one single American. This is political BS that will not even come close to solving the real problem. It’s pure political BS.
The deterrent effect of the proposed law is negligible. It will stop no determined criminal. It's make work for people who administer watch lists, lawyers who work to get their clients off the watch lists, and judges who help the government deny rights to people who have no criminal inclination or intention.
When this measure fails, as it certainly will, stronger measures will be taken. The goal is confiscation of firearms - and the government will tell the people that confiscation is not afoul of the 2nd amendment.
“So, you believe that someone on the terror watch list should be able to get the gun on the spot and then take a u-turn to the nearest theater to do his thing?”
Yes, I believe that all US citizens retain their rights in full until they are convicted by a jury of their peers. That pesky constitution kind of enshrined it....