If this doesn't make any sense to you this is why. The problem with taking away the rights to buy guns for people on no fly lists is that no DUE PROCESS is involved for any of these people.
In other words no one on a No fly list can contest this in court whether it is a valid claim against them or not. Likewise, someone who might need a gun to keep safe where they live might be deprived of their right to stay alive because of this. Because without a gun they might not survive where they live. So, the ACLU would be against the gun ban for these people because they have no rights in court at all regarding flying or purchasing a gun. It is a legal slippery slope that this country should not be embarking upon in regard to both things. However, something like this (on both issues would greatly tie up the courts too) so there is no easy answer for any of this. How can people be safe that are U.S. citizens without losing all their rights one by one? It is a very dangerous slippery slope we are now on.
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While House Democrats on Capitol Hill participate in a sit-in pushing for a vote on gun control …
ACLU ‘Strongly’ Opposes Latest Bipartisan Effort to Ban Those on Terror Watch Lists From Purchasing Guns
While House Democrats on Capitol Hill participate in a sit-in
pushing for a vote on gun control measures, the liberal-leaning
American Civil Liberties Union is urging lawmakers to vote “no” on the
latest proposal being considered.
The latest legislation, proposed by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and backed by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), is a compromised version of the “terrorism watch list” firearm ban bill proposed by Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein (Calif.) earlier this week.
The measure proposed by Collins utilizes the No-Fly list and the
Selectee List as the basis for its restrictions. Though the list would
offer a much narrower group of people than the broad list proposed by
Feinstein, the ACLU still finds the proposal to be an “unfair watchlist
system.”
“The ACLU strongly urges you to vote against the Collins Amendment because it uses the error-prone and unfair watchlist system, along with vague and overbroad terms, as a predicate for a proceeding to deny a firearms permit,” officials at the ACLU wrote in a letter to lawmakers.
The ACLU believes implementing the Collins amendment would serve to “further entrench a watchlist system that is rife with problems,” adding that the current watchlist is “unreliable because it uses vague and overbroad criteria and secret evidence to place individuals on blacklists without a meaningful process to correct government error and clear their names.”
The nonprofit organization also noted the fact that “nominations to the master watchlist need not be based on ‘concrete facts.’”
“It permits placement on the master watchlist based on uncorroborated or even questionably reliable information,” the ACLU added.
The latest legislation, proposed by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and backed by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), is a compromised version of the “terrorism watch list” firearm ban bill proposed by Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein (Calif.) earlier this week.
Sen.
Chuck Schumer (C) (D-NY) speaks during a press conference held by
Democratic senators calling for action on gun violence June 16, 2016 at
the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
“The ACLU strongly urges you to vote against the Collins Amendment because it uses the error-prone and unfair watchlist system, along with vague and overbroad terms, as a predicate for a proceeding to deny a firearms permit,” officials at the ACLU wrote in a letter to lawmakers.
The ACLU believes implementing the Collins amendment would serve to “further entrench a watchlist system that is rife with problems,” adding that the current watchlist is “unreliable because it uses vague and overbroad criteria and secret evidence to place individuals on blacklists without a meaningful process to correct government error and clear their names.”
The nonprofit organization also noted the fact that “nominations to the master watchlist need not be based on ‘concrete facts.’”
“It permits placement on the master watchlist based on uncorroborated or even questionably reliable information,” the ACLU added.
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