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Donald Trump is planning to meet with the National Rifle Association about measures to keep people on the "no fly" list from purchasing guns.

"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," the presumptive Republican nominee tweeted Wednesday morning.

In the aftermath of the Orlando terror attack, Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Calif., and Chuck Schumer, N.Y., have sought to revive a previously failed bill that would prevent individuals whose names are included on government watch lists from legally purchasing a firearm or explosive of any kind.

Feinstein and other top Democrats claim the no fly list ban is the "most relevant" measure lawmakers can take in response to the mass shooting that left 49 killed and 53 injured in Florida.

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"These attacks are preventable. Mass shootings are the status quo because Congress has voted against sensible gun safety measures – it's that simple," Schumer said earlier this week. He described the Feinstein proposal as "a logical, and first, and most likely-to-pass step."

A similar measure proposed in 2009 was strongly opposed by the NRA. The organization claimed the measure could potentially violate Americans' Second Amendment rights by blocking law-abiding individuals mistakenly placed on the list from purchasing guns.

"The NRA's only objective is to ensure that Americans who are wrongly on the list are afforded their constitutional right to due process," the group's website states. "It is appalling that anti-gun politicians are exploiting the Paris terrorist attacks to push their gun-control agenda and distract from President Obama's failed foreign policy."

The NRA emphasized their commitment to due process in a response Wednesday to immediate speculation that Trump might urge them to support a "no fly" list gun ban.

"Happy to meet [Donald Trump]. Our position is no guns for terrorists – period. Due process and right to self-defense for law-abiding Americans," the organization wrote in a tweet.

silver & black wrote:Tell me.... why should anyone on the "no fly" list or the 'terrorist watch list "be able to purchase a gun? Are you serious Tene!? Why in the hell would you WANT anyone on either list to be allowed to purchase a gun!!!???

DeadRinger wrote:Tene you're completely full of horseshit. Completely. It's actually sad that you'd let your insane HATRED of the man turn you into a liar. You just don't fucking care anymore what you say, as long as it slams Trump in some way, shape or form.

So here's the real deal, for anyone who cares about the truth:

Far from GOING AGAINST the NRA on this issue, Trump has scheduled a MEETING with... Take a guess... THE FUCKING NRA. Why? Because he wants to understand this better, including all the problems and possible solutions. That's what he's doing.

The man thinks there COULD BE merit in addressing this particular issue in SOME way, and he wants to research it ALL. Like any fucking good representative of the people would.

Undoubtedly the NRA will educate him on all their objections - and believe me, the NRA is not as dead-set against this as Tene would have you believe - and discuss all - if any - ways to do this without infringing on everyone's rights to due process OR creating a legal framework that the dems could possibly tweak in the future in ways that would allow them to target specific people in an arbitrary way.

The title of this thread is fucking ASINIE AND UNTURE, and I'm done with this bullshit. I will be listening to what Trump has to say about this as he goes through the process of investigating possibilities, not to these types of psychotic rants that are driven by a disturbingly high level of pure hatred.

IF Trump winds up actually "going against" the NRA on this issue, then we can talk. Until then, Tene's a fucking liar.

That's all.

Forbiddenraider wrote:I'm all for guns 100% but if your on a terrorist watch list it's pretty obvious you should not be allowed access to them. That's common sense! I can't believe we allow them to freely purchase guns to begin with! Insanity!

Forbiddenraider wrote:I get what you are saying Tene but there has to be certain exceptions. These towel heads need to be disarmed at all costs! They don't get rights even if they are citizens because they are stinkin camel fucking Arabs that should be exterminated. Too bad we couldn't kick start the old gas chambers at Auchwitz and fill up with these Arab fucks. That's what I would like to do to them. That's how you stop a problem! Might be brutal but terrorism would decrease 99%! I just hate sand Nigggers so much I want them all dead