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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConnecticut to limit access to guns for people on watch lists: governor
Connecticut to limit access to guns for people on watch lists: governor
Connecticut would become the first U.S. state to ban the sale of guns to people on government watch lists under an executive order that Governor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, said on Thursday he will sign.
The measure, which Malloy said needs federal approval, would require state police to review whether a potential gun buyer was on the federal no-fly list or on a watchlist for people suspected of ties to terrorism.
It would also revoke existing gun permits issued to people whose names were found on such a list.
Connecticut would become the first U.S. state to ban the sale of guns to people on government watch lists under an executive order that Governor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, said on Thursday he will sign.
The measure, which Malloy said needs federal approval, would require state police to review whether a potential gun buyer was on the federal no-fly list or on a watchlist for people suspected of ties to terrorism.
It would also revoke existing gun permits issued to people whose names were found on such a list.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-connecticut-guns-idUSKBN0TT2EM20151210#bg2RKFf8I9ZFH6fU.99
When did Democrats change from opposing Republican unconstitutional rights violations to expanding them? These list were illegal from the day they were conceived and are just as wrong today.
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Connecticut to limit access to guns for people on watch lists: governor (Original Post)
sarisataka
Dec 2015
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hack89
(39,171 posts)1. Another politician pandering to fear and embracing secret government lists
you would think Dems would be better than this.
sarisataka
(18,770 posts)4. You would think so
but it seems fear outweighs commitment to civil rights for too many Dems.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)2. When it became about GUNS. eom.
petronius
(26,603 posts)3. Interesting. Previous articles made it sound like just the
'no-fly' list, but this one says it's the much broader watchlist - an even bigger misstep, I'd say.
I've posted my opposition to using these lists to deny citizens and residents their civil rights/liberties, but here are a couple of DU thread linking well-articulated arguments from outside sources:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7434309
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027439041