yep. Watch a huge number of Tea Party members go on the “watch” list.
Very very very bad idea.
Would not have stopped Omar Mateen. He was cleared.
I agree. Do you want a list composed by another lois lerner clone?
Until there is some due process for putting people on watch lists - and for getting them off if mistakenly added, I agree, bad idea.
NRA will hopefully tell Trump if this is what he wants they are withdrawing their endorsement. Trump is caving to the RINOs.
The problem the NRA and gun owners have with the Terror Watch List is that as it currently exists, the list is secret, any bureaucrat can put anyone on the list for any or no reason, and there is no mechanism in place to find out if you are on the list, why you were put on it, and there is no way to challenge it to get your name taken off it.
Not a good idea without a court hearing process for removal from the list.
The feds would but anyone they want on the no fly list for any reason, they have done so before.
What a wonderful idea - because everyone knows how accurate those watch lists are and how easy it is for the wrongfully targeted to get their names removed.
That’s a mistake Mr. Trump. This is a sample of what will immediately happen:
“I have just signed Executive order 5632854 to include all Trump supporters and those who attend Church more than twice a year on the no-fly list. It’s for the children.”
If they did a hundred other things first that actually proved they care about the safety of citizens then I might envision a state that wouldn’t abuse such a list. Until then, no way. They can’t even bring themselves to profile the ones who visually are the most dangerous per actual statistics. Of all people, Trump should grasp this.
Freegards
This is typical government, it will reverse the presumption of innocence and not bat an eye about it. The so-called safeguard is you have to prove your own innocence. Any set of facts and inferences (no need for support for the inferences) will withstand rebuttal.
The courts are in on the scheme. The so-called "checks and balances" are actually "affirmations and reinforcement."
Very bad idea. Totalitarians love to make lists, and put their enemies on them.
He will be advised not to do it and to stay away from it.
Since he announced the meeting I assume he already has a program with the NRA hashed out. My guess? They’ll dress up something already in place and toss it out there.
My suggestion would be to ban all muslims from buying guns. Even better, ban them from coming here.
If you have a twitter account, reply to Trump’s post that this is a bad idea and why.
Trump is wrong, he needs to ask Obama to address Muslims that they can choose Islam or not. We have the perfect man in Obama who himself chose not to follow his father’s religion, Obama made a choice and he needs to articulate this to the billion or so muslims on earth that they have a choice. Don’t worry about silly assed gun control that appeases Democratic party crazies.
DHS thinks that 'right wing extremists' pose as big a threat as Islamic terrorists
If you are a conservative white Christian male veteran, the chances are good you will end up on the list.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3440376/posts “ DHS thinks that ‘right wing extremists’ pose as big a threat as Islamic terrorists”
Considering that perspective, the intent would be to abuse the terror watch list. Our individual, God-given right to keep and bear arms would not be negotiable, even if I trusted Obama and the minions who work for him. Given their proven duplicity, this proposal has to be killed.