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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  And obviously, most Republicans in Congress are just trying to water them all down as much as possible, or block them entirely, to ensure complete and total access to guns anywhere and anytime.  
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This is untrue and stupid. Republicans (and gun owners, not the same btw) do NOT want to ensure complete and total access to guns anywhere and anytime. Those who should not have access to guns include those who answer YES to the questions asked on the BATF firearms purchase form, i.e.,
- felon or under indictment for serious crimes
- fugitive from justice
- drug user
- mentally defective or committed to a mental institution
- dishonorably discharged from armed forces
- those who renounced US citizenship
- illegal aliens
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I'm shocked that a history of domestic violence doesn't disqualify you. To me it's more disturbing that the Orlando shooter was able to buy a gun as a known wife-beater than as a Jihadist. I'm sure husbands kill more wives with guns in the US each year than Jihadis kill anyone.[/quote]

+1.  Had he ever actually been charged with domestic violence though?

This thread is informative because I didn't really understand how the FBI watch list worked.  My mom was getting all hysterical about how Mateen was taken off the watch list prematurely and if he had still been on it none of this would have happened.  But is that a reasonable expectation? It sounds like unless he had garnered enough suspicion to warrent  active surveillance, the authorities still wouldn't have known that he bought a gun, right?  I don't know how you stop lone wolf attacks like this with the current laws- except for his wife nothing has come out about other people being involved.  Seems like he would have needed to make a mistake or his wife would have needed to turn him in.[/quote]

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