Donald Trump announced Wednesday morning that he will meet with the National Rifle Association about keeping people on terror watch lists from legally purchasing firearms.
I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2016
Trump previously expressed openness to banning those on the no fly list from buying guns in an interview on ABC News in November.
The deadly shooting in Orlando, Florida, has renewed the debate over whether people being monitored by the FBI for ties to terrorism should be able to purchase guns. The suspected Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, was not under investigation at the time of the shooting, but he had been interviewed by the FBI in the past.
Senate Democrats have re-introduced legislation that would keep people on the terror watch list from buying firearms.
Republicans have a legitimate due-process argument here that they’re really not even trying to make (Facebook meme about Hillary’s e-mail investigation I saw last night notwithstanding).
It would be great if he could get the NRA to agree to that. Still won’t change the fact that I hate BOTH of them.
This will be interesting. I have no clue how Trump will react to pressure from the NRA.
He is such a loose cannon that he could tell them he doesn’t need their support or he could do like he does so many things, state support for all positions and deny it when pressed.
The depressing thing is my moderate RW boss was talking about how dumb the “government” was for allowing people on the no-fly list to purchase weapons. You know, Obama’s fault. He probably thinks it’s because of PC culture.
I had to pull up the news items to show that the Republicans blocked it. Even then he wasn’t 100% convinced.
I notice no one is suggesting members of white supremacist organizations that openly call for violence against Jews and racial minorities be precluded from buying guns.
Openly sympathize and pledge allegiance to ISIS> can’t buy a gun.
Openly sympathize and pledge allegiance to the KKK>what calibre handgun would you like, sir?