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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:28 PM Jun 2016

Never forget...GOP blocks bill to stop terrorists from buying guns

GOP blocks bill to stop terrorists from buying guns
12/04/15 12:23 PM—UPDATED 12/04/15 05:26 PM

Senate Republicans rejected a bill that aims to stop suspected terrorists from legally buying guns, on Thursday. The vote came a day after at least 14 people were killed during the San Bernardino massacre in California by two suspects, including a woman said to have pledged allegiance to ISIS.

Forty-five senators voted for the bill and 54 voted against it. One Democrat, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, and one Republican, Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, crossed party lines.

The measure would have denied people on the terrorist watch list the ability to buy guns.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-blocks-bill-stop-terrorists-buying-guns

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Never forget...GOP blocks bill to stop terrorists from buying guns (Original Post) workinclasszero Jun 2016 OP

Why the fuck are suspected terrorists allowed to stay here, if they are too dangerous to buy guns jmg257 Jun 2016 #1

Because proof is needed in a court of law first? I'm not sure really. workinclasszero Jun 2016 #3

This wouldn't have stopped the Orlando shooter SoCalNative Jun 2016 #2

This should be easy for Congress to pass, sensible gun laws, stop facilitating the future terrorists Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #4

The ACLU doesn't support this either. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #5

So much for due process Lurks Often Jun 2016 #6

I refuse to believe this is a serious bill, that anyone really wants enacted. It is about messaging. tritsofme Jun 2016 #7

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

1. Why the fuck are suspected terrorists allowed to stay here, if they are too dangerous to buy guns

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:30 PM

Jun 2016

legally?

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

3. Because proof is needed in a court of law first? I'm not sure really.

Reply to jmg257 (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:34 PM

Jun 2016

Or else a President Trump could declare the democratic party a terrorist org and round us all up.

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)

2. This wouldn't have stopped the Orlando shooter

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:33 PM

Jun 2016

from purchasing his gun a few days ago. He was no longer on the watch list, and hadn't been for a few years.

It wouldn't have stopped the San Bernardino shooters either.

I'm not an NRA member, gun fan, etc. Just stating the facts.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

4. This should be easy for Congress to pass, sensible gun laws, stop facilitating the future terrorists

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:37 PM

Jun 2016

from easy access to assault weapons and guns in general. The terrorist are not purchasing weapons to hunt game, they are going to hunt people. Trump is wanting to ban certain people from entering our country but does not want to ban the sell of weapons to the same and other ISIS sympathizers. This is a problem.

Kang Colby

(1,941 posts)

5. The ACLU doesn't support this either.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:38 PM

Jun 2016

Is that a Republican organization?

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)

6. So much for due process

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:50 PM

Jun 2016

Or is everyone ok with some nameless government official adding you to the terror watch list based on your name or what you look like or your religion or just because they THINK you might be a bad person?

tritsofme

(17,380 posts)

7. I refuse to believe this is a serious bill, that anyone really wants enacted. It is about messaging.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 03:55 PM

Jun 2016

What other constitutional rights are you willing to give up because the government put you on a list, with no due process protections?

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