The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Should people on the terrorist watch list be allowed to buy guns?

csmsss · June 27, 2009, 06:31 PM

I'm late to this particular party, and haven't read all of the responses, but here's my take on the OP. If a U.S. citizen is on the watch list, and hasn't otherwise done anything which would prohibit him/her from legally obtaining a firearm, then his/her presence on such a list shouldn't be used to deny the purchase of a firearm. For a non-US citizen? I have no objection whatsoever to denying any non-citizen the ability to purchase a firearm, even on seemingly flimsy grounds.

June 27, 2009, 06:31 PM	#76
csmsss Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Orange, TX Posts: 3,078	I'm late to this particular party, and haven't read all of the responses, but here's my take on the OP. If a U.S. citizen is on the watch list, and hasn't otherwise done anything which would prohibit him/her from legally obtaining a firearm, then his/her presence on such a list shouldn't be used to deny the purchase of a firearm. For a non-US citizen? I have no objection whatsoever to denying any non-citizen the ability to purchase a firearm, even on seemingly flimsy grounds.