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Constitution No Hindrance to ‘Watch List’ Gun Bans Says ACLU
It may not stick up for your child’s right to pray over his or her lunch at the school cafeteria or jump to your defense if you want to put up a cross anywhere other than your basement bunker. But the ALCU sees no constitutional bar when it comes to banning guns for people on government watch lists.
That’s right. The “Anti-Christian-Liberties-
“There is no constitutional bar to reasonable regulation of guns, and the No Fly List could serve as one tool for it, but only with major reform,” said Hina Shamsi, director of ACLU’s National Security Project, said via email.
Reports the Washington Free Beacon:
The group estimates that as many as a million people are currently on federal terrorism watch lists, including the smaller no-fly list. It is currently suing the Department of Justice over claims that the criteria for inclusion on the no-fly list is vague and overbroad, and “that the inadequate redress process for people on the list violates the Constitution’s guarantee of due process.”
Those complaints are similar to criticism of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D., Calif.) legislation last week. Republicans said it would deprive Americans of their constitutional right to bear arms without due process.
According to the FBI, there were about 8,400 American citizens and legal permanent residents on terrorism watch lists in 2011.
Congress recently voted down legislation prohibiting those on terrorism watch lists from buying firearms. President Obama supported the effort in his Sunday night lecture from the Oval Office. When he plans to support efforts to wipe ISIS off the face of the earth remains unclear.
Not to worry. You can sleep better at night knowing that the ACLU hasn’t taken a position on the legislation to restrict the Second Amendment rights of people on watch lists. When straight, Bible-believing, gun-toting, pro-life Americans wind up on the “domestic terrorist” list is open to question. As for Senator Feinstein, since when did she discover due process – or the Second Amendment?
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