[Happy2BMe]

"The New Jersey Democrat says he will introduce a bill requiring the National Instant Check System (NICS) to retain records of gun purchases by "watch-listed" people for at least ten years. Current law requires the FBI to destroy gun-purchase applications within 24 hours of approval."

[uncbob]

According to CCRKBA, the GAO report shows that the NICS system works, but Sen. Lautenberg is trying to say it doesn't -- "so he can demand that we keep records on people who may have broken no laws."

Anybody REALLY think this lists aren't already being kept in violation of the law

[Happy2BMe]

'BACK DOOR' GUN REGISTRATION SCHEME - ping.

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[NRA1995]

My first question: how do I know I'm on a watch list and how do I appeal if I am? YET....we let all sorts of scumbags cross our borders.....go figure....

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[VRWCmember]

But Sen. Frank Lautenberg believes anyone included on the government's terrorism watch list should be treated differently when it comes to gun purchases.

I wonder if Senator Laughingstock believes that anyone included on this watch list should be treated differently when it comes to applications for financial aid, or when it comes to admission to colleges, or when it comes to buying and registering a motor vehicle, or when it comes to getting a driver's license. (Probably not, eh.)

[goldstategop]

<> The Laut wants to introduce gun control registration in the guise of fighting terrorism. A clever tactic. What it basically comes to is whether the government trusts its own citizens. The gun banners say they must be vigilantly watched. Of course the true enemies of thse United States would never punctiliously obey a law designed to deter them from illegal acts. Quick question for The Laut and his comrades: how many laws did Mohammed Atta and his fellow terrorists break on 9/11? Mind you, they didn't even have guns to hijack the planes - gun control laws were next to useless in stopping them from committing their terrorist mayhem!

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Kenton]

Context is everything. Remember when Bill Clinton was president, Janet Reno was AG, Morris Dees and the SPLC were directing public policy and the NRA was considered by many in positions of power to be a "seditious" organization?

Remember when Rush Limbaugh was blamed for the Oklahoma City bombing? Remember when the term "patriot" was used by the left as a slur akin to "potential terrorist"?

This is a far more complicated issue than it may seem. A change in the political wind could put a lot of polifical dissenters of all stripes on the watch list.

[kimosabe31]

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[El Gato]

Mueller said lawmakers "ought to look at what can be done" to prevent people on the government's terrorism watch list from buying guns

Well, if there's enough information that they are terrorists, they should be in jail, where they won't be buying any guns. If not, and they are citizens, then leave them the FReep alone, in full Passion of their rights. If they are foreigners, deport them, since that takes a whole lot less evidence than convicting someone in a court of law.