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Donald Trump Meeting NRA to Discuss Terror Watch List Gun Ban
Inquisitr ^ | 6/15/16 | Rider Torrance

Posted on 06/16/2016 5:33:53 AM PDT by RC one

Donald Trump has announced he will meet with the NRA to discuss if people on the terrorist watch list or the no-fly list should be allowed to purchase guns, according to WIRED.

The NRA’s executive director for its Institute for Legislative Action, Chris W. Cox, said the NRA has a strong opinion on this, according to CNN.

“The NRA’s position on this issue has not changed,” Cox said. “The NRA believes that terrorists should not be allowed to purchase or possess firearms, period. Anyone on a terror watchlist who tries to buy a gun should be thoroughly investigated by the FBI and the sale delayed while the investigation is ongoing.”

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Here's the thing. If you put someone on a terrorist watch list and then bar them from purchasing a firearm, you give them an easy way to tell if they're on a terrorist watch list or not. Once they know they're being watched, they will behave differently. Intelligence gathering will, thereby, become impossible. This is a bad idea for this reason.

But our Government can always be counted on to do the wrong thing so, why stop now?

1 posted on 06/16/2016 5:33:53 AM PDT by RC one
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To: RC one
Anyone on a terror watchlist who tries to buy a gun should be thoroughly investigated by the... shot as an enemy combatant.
2 posted on 06/16/2016 5:36:56 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Canadians can't be our President.)
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To: RC one
Anyone on a terror watchlist who tries to buy a gun should be thoroughly investigated by the FBI and the sale delayed while the investigation is ongoing.

It won't be "delayed," it will be prohibited, Chris, and you're going to wake up some fine morning and discover that _you_ are on the list as a "terrorist".

3 posted on 06/16/2016 5:38:42 AM PDT by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: RC one

After this crap is passed, all pro gun bloggers and conservatives of any description will suddenly find themselves on the watch list.


4 posted on 06/16/2016 5:38:54 AM PDT by 109ACS (When hiking in bear country, always take along a fat guy.)
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To: Little Ray

‘Trumptards’??

Maybe you should just go post someplace else. This is an adult site.


6 posted on 06/16/2016 5:41:54 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: CodeToad

(Thank you!)


7 posted on 06/16/2016 5:43:11 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: 109ACS

Well, here is the nra statement about the “watch” list. You know the one that innocent people get placed on without their knowledge and no due process:

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20160615/nra-statement-on-terror-watchlists

Unfortunately, the govt has no idea who is a terrorist. Well other than “right wing extremists” that is. Guess left wing extremists are okay. Oh, yeah. They bomb places and are responsible for the deaths of cops and then go on to be college professors. Sweet deal huh?


8 posted on 06/16/2016 5:43:34 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: RC one

Brilliant strategy!!! I can’t think of any reason why a person who is listed the terrorist watch list should be legally purchasing a firearm. Very few people would have opposition to this proposal. I’m happy to see the NRA supports it. Takes the “common sense gun law idea” away from liberals and gives it to Trump.


9 posted on 06/16/2016 5:43:51 AM PDT by jokemoke
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To: RC one

Who’s watching the watchers?


10 posted on 06/16/2016 5:44:52 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: RC one

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?


11 posted on 06/16/2016 5:45:07 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: CodeToad
,Maybe you should just go post someplace else. This is an adult site.

Try to remember that next time one of Trumps more enthusiastic supporters makes snide and childish remarks about former Republican presidential candidates.

12 posted on 06/16/2016 5:45:09 AM PDT by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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To: RC one

Don’t try to ‘fix’ what the Founding Fathers wrote in the U.S. Constitution. Their wisdom comes from prayer and fasting and the battle scars for freedom.


13 posted on 06/16/2016 5:45:11 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Little Ray

And who are you voting for? Hillary? You may as well because having a temper tantrum and sitting the election out or voting third party is the same thing.


14 posted on 06/16/2016 5:46:03 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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To: RC one

What happened to due process?


15 posted on 06/16/2016 5:46:05 AM PDT by Read Write Repeat
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To: jokemoke

Drudge has a link up about how dhs fears right wing as much as muslims. And that will be the excuse. Probably put most on this site on the no gun list


16 posted on 06/16/2016 5:46:30 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RC one
A friend and co-worker of mine was somehow put on the “no-fly list” and only found out when trying to purchase a airline ticket a couple of years ago.

Contact HSA to find out why ... no response. Asked how he can get off of it ... was told that if it was a mistake they will look into it.

With the politicization of the FBI, IRS, HSA, no one will be immune from being “identified” as an enemy of the State.

No Due Process, no recourse, no rights.

17 posted on 06/16/2016 5:46:44 AM PDT by CapnJack
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To: RC one

“Here’s the thing. If you put someone on a terrorist watch list and then bar them from purchasing a firearm, you give them an easy way to tell if they’re on a terrorist watch list or not.”

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Great point. The grabbers will use this logic as a basis for denying sales to ALL people, on or off the lists.


18 posted on 06/16/2016 5:46:48 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: RC one

How does one get on the list?
How does one get off the list?

I need to know these two questions before I have an a opinion.

Thank you.


19 posted on 06/16/2016 5:47:18 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (This time it is serious.)
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So let me guess, this so called “terrorist watch list”
is a list of American gun owners. This is how it starts folks.

Divorce? Your name is on the list.
Overzealous law enforcement? Your name is on the list. Conservative? Your name is on the list.
White? Male? Your name is on the list.


20 posted on 06/16/2016 5:47:24 AM PDT by mouse1
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