arkyhog
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Joined: Jan 16, 2009
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Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
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Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:07 pm |
 
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Lord Mayor Bloomberg is attempting to restrict gun sales to anyone who shows up on the terrorist no-fly list. Here's a blog from Mike Stollenwerk explaining why such thinking is unconstitutional:
Today the Washington Post' editorial board chortled that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's idea that banning "any one on the country's 'no fly' list from being allowed to purchase a gun . . . is a no-brainer." The Post confidently added that "[t]he law currently bars convicted felons and immigrants who are in this country illegally, among others, from purchasing guns, but no mention is made of a suspected terrorist."
The no-fly list
The way the so called "no-fly" list operates is of course a state secret - but basically it operates like this: Government bureaucrats put names onto this ever growing list, and if your name is on the list, or if your name sounds like it is on the list, then you are delayed at airports for additional screening, but not necessarily denied boarding. "Not one terrorist" has ever been caught by the no fly list, writes international security expert Bruce Schneier.
Ironically, frequent flier and former Senator Ted Kennedy (D - Mass.), the father of airline de-regulation, was often delayed by operation of the no fly list, and had trouble getting his name cleared. Even commercial airline pilots' names can show up on this list.
The rest of the article can be read at Examiner.com. |
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