Didja know people on the terrorist watch list can legally buy guns here?

[elehhhhna]

ARE WE SAFE YET?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Gets better, ALEC and the NRA

Have managed to get laws passed where you get your gun rights restored after five years of leaving prison...used to be permanent.

[treestar]

6. And strangely, some would limit their right to vote

But not their right to have a gun. Amazing.

[X_Digger]

10. Actually, it's the other way round..

Democrats in congress added the restoration language to the 1986 bill, allowing those who have had convictions expunged, set aside, or pardoned to petition for restoration of their rights- all except the right protected by the second amendment, if the state has such a statute prohibiting felons from possession of arms or ammunition.

[X_Digger]

8. Boy, when you miss, you miss big..

That petition process to restore one's rights (all rights, including voting)? Was a democratic push, as part of the compromise to get the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act passed.

However, the republicans de-funded it in 1993, and amendments to the Treasury Department Appropriations Bill every year since (again, by republicans) have kept it from being enforced.

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9. Uhhmmm... no.

You're probably thinking of program that was enacted that would allow convicted felons to appeal and have their RKBA restored via the ATF.

However, the program was a wash because it was never funded.

Anyone convicted of a felony (with one exception... you must know which one it is with your treasure trove of knowledge), is barred for life from owing, purchasing and possession of firearms.

Even misdemeanors handed down by a local or state court of law can be a lifetime disqualification (if the potential maximum sentence that could be imposed exceeds 2 years or more).

One can have their RKBA restored if the conviction is expunged from their records, or if granted a pardon.

Glad I could help

[Turbineguy]

2. Well, of course!

That way we have to have even more guns in the hands of the good guys.

[geomon666]

3. Terrorists have rights too!

Do I really need the sarcasm tag here?

[neverforget]

4. Thanks to the NRA lobbying against it.

Thanks Wayne you human scum.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/the-daily-need/on-terrorist-watch-list-but-allowed-to-buy-guns/8927/

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5. How about we just eliminate the "Terrorist Watch List" altogther...

or at least confine it to persons known and verified to be terrorists, or have proven connections to terrorist organizations and/or activities?

[derby378]

7. I'm all for that

I don't think anyone would object to using that list to screen out potential gun buyers.

[X_Digger]

11. People on the "terrorist watch list" can vote, and have a right to privacy, and not to incriminate..

.. themselves, and a right to free speech, and a right to petition the government for redress of grievances, and.. oh yeah..

Not have their rights infringed except via DUE PROCESS.

Imagine that.

[hack89]

12. The watch list that Teddy Kennedy was on?

the one that we have no idea what it takes to get on?

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13. I'm guessing having an Irish or Middle Eastern surname...

[slackmaster]

14. You support having the Bush-era secret police suspect list used to deny people civil rights?

The list for which there is no legal recourse by which a person can challenge his or her name being on it?

That's not very liberal or progressive, or very Democratic.

[jeff47]

16. No, it demonstrates one of two things

Either:

1) The list is full of dangerous people, and it's stupid to let them buy all sorts of weapons.

or

2) The list is a moronic piece of crap full of innocent people, and should be eliminated.

[slackmaster]

18. I'll vote for choice #2

[Posteritatis]

15. Meh, all you need to do to get on that list is have a vowel somewhere in your name. (nt)

[slackmaster]

17. I guess nadinbrzezinski is safer than most of us are