jlf1961
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Joined: 6/10/2008 From: Somewhere Texas Status: offline
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Take gun ownership out of the equation for Christ's sake!!!! The issue may have been using the No Fly List as a deterrent to gun ownership. After thinking about the list, and reading about the fuck ups involving the list, the existence of the list is the issue. The existence of any list that puts a citizen under increased surveillance OR curtails their rights as citizens with no previous criminal conviction is the real issue! Read your fucking history people, Stalin kept such lists, then in the states, McCarthy created such lists. You people should be pissed as hell that the government is creating any kind of list that places limits on any individual's rights for whatever reason with no proof of illegal activity! This violates quite a few of the protections the constitution is there to ensure are not violated in the first place. First, you can be added to this list for the public condemnation of tactics used against terrorists! We have the right to criticize our government and its actions. Second, if you are on this list, with or without proof of illegal activities, your phones, email, etc can be monitored, under a blanket court order. We have the right to travel, unless restricted by law as in the case of those who are under supervision for parole or probation. The concept behind the "no fly" list is to prevent some one from hijacking an airplane and crashing it into something, and in the case of American citizens, it prevents them from even getting on a commuter plane for a hop from Dallas to Oklahoma city. Someone with a name similar to the someone on the list could be prevented from flying for medical treatment. Is that acceptable?
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Boy, it sure would be nice if we had some grenades, don't you think? You cannot control who comes into your life, but you can control which airlock you throw them out of. Paranoid Paramilitary Gun Loving Conspiracy Theorist AND EQUAL OPPORTUNI
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