Posted on 06/15/2016 12:48:16 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
A congressional push to ban or restrict gun sales for those on terror watch lists gained bipartisan momentum Wednesday, with everyone from key Republican lawmakers to Donald Trump to the National Rifle Association opening the door to discussing the idea.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee indicated interest in the push in a tweet Wednesday morning announcing a meeting with the NRA.
....The NRA, for its part, has walked a fine line on such proposals. On Tuesday, it tweeted that bans for people on watch lists are "ineffective, unconstitutional, or both."
Chris Cox, director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, clarified Wednesday that the NRA "believes that terrorists should not be allowed to purchase or possess firearms, period."
He said those on a watch list who try to buy a gun "should be thoroughly investigated by the FBI and the sale delayed while the investigation is ongoing." If there's evidence of terrorist activity, he said, the sale should be blocked and the suspect arrested. But he added, "At the same time, due process protections should be put in place that allow law-abiding Americans who are wrongly put on a watchlist to be removed."
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I'm predicting a huge amount of buyers remorse on Trump as well.
Still better than Hillary.
Trump WILL listen to the NRA once Trump discovers ANYONE can end up on that list and the risks of that happening he WILL reverse his thoughts on this bill!!! After what happened with the IRS and Tea Party groups he WILL REVERSE!!! He has at least contacted the NRA to dicuss this bill, they WILL explain the facts of life to him Trump will listen!!!
I'm not as optimistic. We'll see.
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