It also doesn’t outlaw any type of gun. He pushed for a vote on a bill from Rep. Peter King that would prevent suspected terrorists from acquiring firearms and explosives.
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But Republicans balk because they worry such a measure would infringe on the Second Amendment rights of those mistakenly put on the list, which is hard to get off.
It’s not clear, though, that the restriction would have blocked that shooter, Omar Mateen, from purchasing the weapons he used in the attack since he may not have been on that watch list.
If you want to buy a gun in America, there’s very little that can stop you, including being on the United States terror watch list.
The government keeps other lists and repositories of terror-related information, as well, such as the National Counterterrorism Center’s Terrorist Identities Data Environment, which as of December 2013 had information on 1.1 million people with suspected terrorist ties.
I believe Hillary Clinton is completely guilty of violating federal law, but since she’s innocent (in the eyes of the law) until proven guilty, she should be able to buy a gun, even though I suspect she’d have no clue how to use it. They were allowed to more than 90 percent of the time. How about we do summarily strip people of their gun rights, and instead of merely stripping those who are now on a watch list, we go ahead and also strip people who were … removed from the list in the recent past? Despite the previous FBI investigations, Mateen was not on any active terror watch lists nor had he been accused of any hate crimes.
Democrats argue the least the government can do is prevent someone with that kind of record from legally purchasing firearms.
Democrats said they would offer the same legislation that the Senate rejected last December by California Democratic Sen.
The worst gun massacre in USA history has brought to attention how Congress refused to pass a measure previous year that would have prevented people on terrorism watch lists from buying weapons. Feinstein, the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has renewed her push for blocking gun sales to suspected terrorists in the aftermath of the nightclub shooting. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. “The bottom line is, we have to keep trying”.
There are many things this nation must do to prevent massacres like Orlando, like San Bernardino. “But we all know better than that”.
Following the San Bernadino attack, when there were similar calls to bar people on the terror watch list from buying guns, the ACLU condemned the “predictive judgments” about what people might do in the future that watch lists rely upon. And while a handful of conservative voices – and Donald Trump, via a tweet – have come out in favor of curbing access to military-style weapons, the vast majority pivoted towards focusing on “radical Islamic terrorism” in the wake of the attack.
On Wednesday, Paul’s Democratic opponent in this year’s Senate race, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, accused Paul of voting to allow those on the terrorist watch list to continue owning guns.
But to catch would-be killers like Mateen – who was on a watch list and not the no-fly list – Democrats want to use broader authority.
“Although Mr. Mateen was investigated twice by the FBI and at one time appeared on a terrorist watch list, those investigations were closed based on an erroneous finding that he did not pose a threat”, Bar said.
“The only way to defeat them is to destroy them – not destroy the right of law-abiding Americans to defend ourselves”. That measure by No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas would give the government up to 72 hours to block such a sale by proving in court that there was probable cause to do so.
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“You would have to believe that the federal government is always right and is all-knowing and can deprive you of valuable constitutional rights without giving notice and an opportunity to be heard in front of an impartial tribunal”, Cornyn said.
