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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cornyn's Republican Proposal (backed by NRA): Under Republican legislation, the federal government may delay the sale of a firearm to someone on the watch list for up to 72 hours. During that time, if the government can show a judge there's "probable cause" that the individual is plotting terrorism, then the gun sale is denied outright.  But if the government cannot show that the individual is plotting terrorism within 72 hours, the individual gets the gun.

Dem Proposal: The Democratic bill allows the federal government to block anyone on the government's watch list from buying a gun. The gun buyer can challenge the block in court.  The government's decision will be sustained only if a "preponderance of evidence" [i.e., more likely than not] indicates that the attorney general has a "reasonable belief" that the prospective gun buyer may be engaged in terrorism.

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I can see the Republican one as having far more points of failure because quite likely even the workflow alone will eat up 72 hours not even getting into doing background research on the subject.  Not to mention the likelihood that the Republicans will then go on to starve the agency of resources so that they can't do the background check in the first place.

Probably would be better to err on the side of safety and go with the Dem proposal.[/quote]

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