Posted on 11/25/2015 9:58:43 AM PST by rktman
Fans of mindless authoritarianism are having a pretty good month. The New York Times reports:
Congressional Democrats are trying to build support for an effort to bar gun purchases by terror suspects, hoping to take advantage of the same public anxieties about security that gave Republicans a ringing House victory.
The Democratic push seems likely to fall victim to opposition from the National Rifle Association and congressional gun-rights backers, chiefly Republicans, who have smothered firearms curbs for years. If the Republicans who control Congress block votes on the proposal, Democrats hope to profit politically by winning sympathy from angry voters.
As the Times implies, the billâs proponents are quite open about their intentions. âUnder current law,â Chuck Schumer explained over the weekend, âsuspected or known terrorists who are on a no-fly list can legally purchase firearms in this country.â âSlamming this appalling loophole,â he argued, âought to be a no brainer.â His colleague Harry Reid has made similar comments. âItâs outrageous,â Reid argues, âthat dangerous individuals who are known terrorists can waltz into a gun show and buy any weapon they want.â In a Twitter conversation with me over the weekend, Reidâs deputy chief of staff, Adam Jentleson, put it even more clearly:
If FBI suspects you of being a terrorist & intending to commit terrorist acts, you shouldnât be able to buy a gun. https://t.co/dE8gDXstYa
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Mr. Cuomo, speaking on WGDJ-AM, said:'Confiscation could be an option.' http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/nyregion/cuomo-says-he-will-outline-gun-measures-next-month.html?_r=1&;
MSNBC' Ed Schultz Talks Gun 'Confiscation' http://newsbusters.org/blogs/dan-gainor/2012/12/16/msnbc-s-ed-schultz-talks-gun-confiscation
OBAMA ENDORSES AUSTRALIAN-STYLE GUN CONFISCATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKSvxz5LHHw
Clinton: Australian-Style Gun Control 'Worth Considering' for U.S https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctBYrIaKvY
Yes, They Want to Take Your Guns Away http://thebea.st/1HmJOfM
A gun-free society http://wapo.st/1LrJxz3
Clinton Announces Massive Gun Control Plan http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/16/clinton-announces-massive-gun-control-plan/
So you can forget trying to do this gradually with Intergalactic Background Checks [IBC] Registration and then CONFISCATION.
Lemmie see, now................
The Muzzies are coming to chop off our heads, so.......
QUICK!! GET RID OF ALL YOUR GUNS!!
Yeah, like that’s gonna work. Good luck with that, dhimmocrats.
Good idea but he has far too much security.
I'll put it another way...
If you think that taking away people's gun Protects them... well then... You may be a Communard....
To Chucky and Dingy: If they are “known terrorists” buying guns, then why are they not in jail?
Imagine the extend of terror, of the government instigated kind, if there were no 2nd Amendment.
More reason to keep it, actually.
Same evidence, polar opposite conclusions.
No. Anyone who would use terror as an excuse to subvert the Second Amendment should be tried, convicted, sentenced, and hanged as a traitor.
My thoughts exactly. What are the criteria that places a person on the list and who decides what that criteria is? Would “microaggression” or “hate speech” be included? If so I’d be at the top of the list.
I for one am shocked to see liberals ready to renounce their cherished “presumption of innocence.” I guess it shows the depths of their pathological hatred of guns.
“....cherished âpresumption of innocence.â” Oh, it’s still in place but only when it’s in their favor. Conservatives, or terrorists as they prefer to see us, not so much.
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