House GOP: OK to Sell Guns to Terrorists

[BlueSpade]

[Indy]

Still not hearing an answer here.

Here's another question: do you not find it ironic that the argument for gun ownership hinges on the idea that Americans should be able to protect themselves?

Unless that protection comes in the form of actionable intelligence that somebody is a terrorist threat attempting to purchase guns and/or explosives?

So what you're really doing is forcing the idea that the only self-defense Americans are entitled to regarding terrorism is owning a gun, on the astronomical chance that somebody will be able to identify the terrorist--remember, the intelligence is out--and like shoot them before they can do anything with those guns and/or explosives?

That's the plan huh?

[The Comrade]

no one should be allowed to have guns, but swords should be okay.


Swords are cumbersome in enclosed places, so no worries of them being used to hijack planes. it's hard to kill a lot of people with one. more people will own swords since they're more approachable then guns so people won't be likely to abuse the privilege.

so even terrorists can have them.

does this solve your concerns, indy?

[The Dharma Bum]

Look, you are the only poster on this board who has attempted to foment violence against against the established system, that makes you are potential terrorist. I'm pretty sure you are already on all kinds of watch lists because of this. Are you sure this is the position you want to take?

In your version of America it's going to be easy to take out political enemies merely by accusing them of terrorism, as I just did to you.

This is only a ruse to make you think about what the f**k you are saying, but if it were real I would have already reported you to the FBI in retaliation. Is that the kind of world you want to live in? Where you are guilty until you can prove yourself innocent in a rigged system just because some tool suspected you of something?

[Indy]

Well in the name of moving this along since I'm being stonewalled here I have another question.

Suppose we did this: grant every gun dealer/private collector/gun show seller access to have a potential buyer be run through the TWL and, based on the results, they can decide whether or not to sell guns or explosives to somebody who comes up flagged? So you don't make it illegal, you make it the seller's call.

Here's the caveat: if they do sell to somebody who's on the list, or they didn't bother checking, and that person ends up committing a terrorist act, the seller gets named publicly.

How about that?

[The Comrade]

have fun with all the civil rights law suits that'll cause

"this guy wouldn't sell me a gun because i'm middle eastern/black/hispanic/etc"

[Indy]

[Indy]

[The Dharma Bum]

[The Dharma Bum]