Terrorist watch list and Guns

[tattedupboy]

Even though every single one of the 20,000 or so gun laws on the books in this country is unconstitutional, I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that I'm in favor of denying them the right to purchase guns. Sure, laws against the purchase and possession of firearms and ammunition by convicted felons and the mentally ill have never stopped them from getting guns, and it won't stop accused terrorists either, but nevertheless, the thought of radical Islamic fundamentalists being able to purchase them as easily as I can doesn't sit well with me.

[HK4U]

Originally Posted by tattedupboy

Even though every single one of the 20,000 or so gun laws on the books in this country is unconstitutional, I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that I'm in favor of denying them the right to purchase guns. Sure, laws against the purchase and possession of firearms and ammunition by convicted felons and the mentally ill have never stopped them from getting guns, and it won't stop accused terrorists either, but nevertheless, the thought of radical Islamic fundamentalists being able to purchase them as easily as I can doesn't sit well with me.

I am against Terrorist having guns. However we all know that terrorists and terrorist watch lists are not one in the same. Seeing as how most of us that post on this forum are right wing terrorist according to some, we could very well be now or in the future on the government watch list.

[utimmer43]

Originally Posted by tattedupboy

Even though every single one of the 20,000 or so gun laws on the books in this country is unconstitutional, I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that I'm in favor of denying them the right to purchase guns. Sure, laws against the purchase and possession of firearms and ammunition by convicted felons and the mentally ill have never stopped them from getting guns, and it won't stop accused terrorists either, but nevertheless, the thought of radical Islamic fundamentalists being able to purchase them as easily as I can doesn't sit well with me.

That is to say then that you give the NICS system less credability than this No-Fly/ terrorist watch list. Sorry, but when 963 people on the No-Fly list attempt to buy a gun, and 865 were successful, that tells me something. It tells me that the NICS system did it's job and prevented those 98 people who were not supposed to possess a gun from doing so. And the other 865 didn't belong on the list to begin with, just as approximately 24,000 other people on the list do not belong there.

And by the way, Islamic Fundamentalists already get guns WAY easier than you or I. And they get all the fun ones too. They don't go to a gunshop or gunshow, they have smugglers bring them right to their front door.