New Proposal To Block Those On No-Fly List From Buying Guns

By Tom Knighton

One of the more popular anti-gun proposals floating around after the Orlando Pulse shooting was to bar people on the no-fly list from being able to buy guns. The proposal was batted down at the time, and that should have been the end of it.

Unfortunately, it’s not. Now, a group of senators are resurrecting it from the dead.

A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday introduced legislation that would prohibit individuals on certain terrorist watch lists from purchasing a gun, an idea that has rankled civil-rights groups.

The senators revived the Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act, describing the bill as a common-sense measure that would make Americans safer, the Hillreported.

Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine) said in a statement that the legislation would not infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.

“If you are considered to be too dangerous to fly on an airplane, you should not be able to buy a firearm,” Collins said. “This bill is a sensible step we can take right now to reform our nation’s gun laws while protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans.”

The bill would allow the attorney general to deny the sale of a firearm to individuals on …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms