You criticize Republicans for refusing to pass a law that violates one of our rights protected by the Bill of Rights:
The GOP doesn't want to stop people on terrorists watch lists from getting guns to kill Americans with, all just to spite Democrats. Shameful.
Then you state that laws that impinge on the Bill of Rights wouldn't withstand judicial scrutiny:
Mike, I'm not trying to take your constitutional rights away, and again I would point out in the scenario you outlined above, none of what you fear would ever withstand judicial scrutiny.
But the Republicans should have passed it anyway?
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Your presuming that I feel the watch list bill violates our rights. To the contrary, I feel it does not.
Being placed on the secret list without notice does not violate our constitutional rights. Using it to actually to deny constitutional rights without due process is. If we can deny gun purchases, then why not freedom of speech?
If the second amendment, why not freedom of religion.
Now I understand a number of "democrat-progressive" positions are that bad thinking people should not have rights, i.e. Freedom of speech for climate change deniers, religion for persons not wanting to participate in birth control and abortion schemes, and the right to purchase by star chamber listings.
Now the reality is the FBI and other Federal Agencies are blowing it. They have had missed opportunities in a number of major US terror incidents and failed.
If they were simply asking for an automatic notice to be generated to law enforcement when someone on the watch list was seeking to buy I would have no problem.
If they would just enforce the law by chasing down felons attempting to buy guns under the current laws I would have no problem. Note the number of persons who fail background checks after lieing on the form versus the percentage prosecuted of less than 1%.
Or maybe if they care about the number of murders and DUI deaths in America that they could prevent or cut significantly by enforcing immigrantion law as written. They could cut those dearhs by 19% if they only got half of the illegals. I would have fewer problems.
The reality is this administration is doing it with smoke and mirrors and not getting the tough stuff even attempted. They regularly lie, they cannot be trusted, and it makes me sick to believe that.
The watch list, gun purchasing debate is smoke screen bull.
You cannot tell me the actual criteria for inclusion or removal can you?
Part of what they are trying to push is a removal of rights some years after removal, that's right, if they erroneously put you on it you get a five year time out from your rights?
They think all of us are idiots, maybe the movers and shakers of the progressive left should look at our intent and understand we mean no harm and give us a pass, but then we are not fellow travelers.
