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Marco Rubio introduces bill scrutinizing gun sales to terror suspects
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Posted on 09/16/2016 2:42:03 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

Former Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Thursday highlighted a bill aimed at keeping guns away from suspected terrorists as he fights a tough reelection bid to keep his Senate seat.

The legislation, which fails to mention No Fly Lists, would require the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s be notified of any request to transfer a firearm to an individual who was the subject of a federal terrorism investigation within the last 10 years.

“This bill would achieve everyone’s goal of making it harder for suspected terrorists to buy guns, and do so without violating the due process and Second Amendment rights of innocent, law-abiding Americans,” Rubio said in a statement. He described the measure, the Terror Intelligence Improvement Act, as building on and improving “the best ideas that have been proposed,” so bipartisan support is more likely.

Under the proposal, the FBI would house federal intelligence investigations; require the FBI Director’s office and the Joint Terrorism Task Force be notified if a federal terror suspect attempts to buy a firearm through a licensed dealer; and allow the U.S. Attorney General to delay the transfer for three days while seeking a court order to stop it. Should the court deny the petition, the government would assume the costs and attorney fees.

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To: Red in Blue PA; All
Thank you for referencing that article Red in Blue PA. Please note that the following critique is directed at Sen. Rubio’s bill and not at you.
21 posted on 09/16/2016 4:39:47 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Red in Blue PA

The trouble is with the axiom, that the federal government is able to rationally determine who are terrorists and who are not. It isn’t. So prohibiting guns to the enormous number of people who are *theoretically* “terrorists”, at least according to the SPLC, is just “poisonous fruit from a poisonous tree.”


22 posted on 09/16/2016 5:01:33 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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And that it the tragedy. On the face of it, it seems like a no-brainer to want to keep guns from suspected terrorists. But then, when you realize who is affixing the label “suspected terrorist,” like the FBI, which isn't at all ethically compromised (sarc), then you realize any of us who opposes what the government does could be labeled as such.
23 posted on 09/17/2016 4:34:23 AM PDT by binreadin
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To: binreadin

“any of us who opposes what the government does could be labeled as such.”

Not just the government. The Democrat party as well. The SPLC is a major resource used by the government to determine “right wing terrorists”, and it is appalling what organizations they list.

Dr. Ben Carson (who they later removed from their list), for his “anti-LGBT views”.

The Family Research Council. (Being listed resulted in their being violently attacked.)

Those opposed to unrestricted immigration.

Those opposed to further Muslim immigration.

Those who believe in single gender restrooms.

Those who support the police against those who attack them.


24 posted on 09/17/2016 7:38:54 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: Fido969

Yes, lo and behold, the Deplorables will definitely be on that list.


25 posted on 09/17/2016 11:28:57 AM PDT by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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