11-21-2015, 01:21 PM
I understand that a lot of bills include riders, F.U.
But, the final draft of the Universal Background Check bill did not, even though some of you here in this thread kept insisting that was why you initially opposed it. I posted the final draft of that bill in this thread more than once and read it several times.
I didn't see any riders in the bill to deny firearm and explosive sales to known and suspected terrorists either. In any case, the gun lobby has been closed to considering the measure itself on the basis that just because someone is suspected of terrorist activity or sympathy doesn't mean they're guilty of it. Well, that's true. But, as I said, not everyone banned from gun ownership is a criminal; they're individuals who are deemed to pose a known risk to public safety.
Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015
Here's what the bill proposes:
-Allow the attorney general to deny the purchase or transfer of a firearm or explosive to a known or suspected terrorist if the prospective recipient may use the firearm or explosive in connection with terrorism.
-Maintain protections in current law that allow a person who believes he has been mistakenly prevented from buying a firearm to learn of the reason for the denial, and then to challenge the denial, first administratively with the Department of Justice, and then through a lawsuit against the Justice Department.
-Allow the Justice Department, in any administrative or court proceeding challenging the accuracy of a denied firearm or explosive transfer under the bill, to protect information that, if disclosed, would compromise national security. (I can see this being a huge problem for some, but it's not a rider.)
Bill draft: http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/i...68f5be2b47
But, the final draft of the Universal Background Check bill did not, even though some of you here in this thread kept insisting that was why you initially opposed it. I posted the final draft of that bill in this thread more than once and read it several times.
I didn't see any riders in the bill to deny firearm and explosive sales to known and suspected terrorists either. In any case, the gun lobby has been closed to considering the measure itself on the basis that just because someone is suspected of terrorist activity or sympathy doesn't mean they're guilty of it. Well, that's true. But, as I said, not everyone banned from gun ownership is a criminal; they're individuals who are deemed to pose a known risk to public safety.
Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015
Here's what the bill proposes:
-Allow the attorney general to deny the purchase or transfer of a firearm or explosive to a known or suspected terrorist if the prospective recipient may use the firearm or explosive in connection with terrorism.
-Maintain protections in current law that allow a person who believes he has been mistakenly prevented from buying a firearm to learn of the reason for the denial, and then to challenge the denial, first administratively with the Department of Justice, and then through a lawsuit against the Justice Department.
-Allow the Justice Department, in any administrative or court proceeding challenging the accuracy of a denied firearm or explosive transfer under the bill, to protect information that, if disclosed, would compromise national security. (I can see this being a huge problem for some, but it's not a rider.)
Bill draft: http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/i...68f5be2b47