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951-Riverside

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17. Nothing stops someone on that list from getting firearms from someone who isnt

Reply to hack89 (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 03:19 PM

Dec 2015

Its a bullshit solution to a gaping, oozing problem.

I really wish Obama and Feinstein would stop kicking the can down the road and focus on real solutions. Starting with getting rid of all private and commercial sales of semi autos.

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Should people on the no-fly list be able to buy guns? Yes. [View all] hack89 Dec 2015 OP

I'd be ok with this if we knew the list was 100 percent accurate. yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #1

So you are fine with no due process? hack89 Dec 2015 #3

I don't endnote know the requirements for getting on the list yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #5

If they are that bad they should be in the criminal justice system hack89 Dec 2015 #6

One of the ways of getting on those lists is having either the same name, or a similiar name. GGJohn Dec 2015 #8

True beltanefauve Dec 2015 #14

What other rights should we strip away at the same time??? ileus Dec 2015 #2

It never ceases to amaze me that some progressives are wholly against the Bush era secret govt lists GGJohn Dec 2015 #4

Hypocrisy? More like evil brilliance. Dr. Strange Dec 2015 #15

Finally some common sense from the media on this topic tularetom Dec 2015 #7

No it does not make any sense, just safeinOhio Dec 2015 #9

Another person in need of a civics class and the role of the judiciary. nt hack89 Dec 2015 #10

A conundrum zipplewrath Dec 2015 #11

Like getting into a squirting contest with a skunk: You will lose. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #18

abso-effin-lutly zipplewrath Dec 2015 #23

I'm glad to see the Times taking this position, and I agree that we should petronius Dec 2015 #12

But why the * is the no fly list okay to begen with? Johonny Dec 2015 #13

I am on a species of the no fly list. Or I was. AngryAmish Dec 2015 #16

You are not on the list, the other guy is. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #25

Nothing stops someone on that list from getting firearms from someone who isnt 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #17

Could you kindly link to the thread you started condemning the No Fly List itself? Darb Dec 2015 #19

I would support the no fly list if it was transparent and there was real due process hack89 Dec 2015 #20

So, your objections to the No Fly became public when it included tools of mass murder? Darb Dec 2015 #21

ok. nt hack89 Dec 2015 #22

Yeah, I frankly found that problematic Matariki Dec 2015 #24

If you are too dangerous to fly, you are too dangerous to be out of jail. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #26

I would like to see the no-fly list struck down as unconstitutional. (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #27

Nope. deathrind Dec 2015 #28