FBI "assessed" Mateen twice "for possible ties to terrorism and twice found nothing to substantiate the ties" http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/news/fbi-assessed-orlando-shooter-twice-but-let-him-go/nrfMs/ …
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Replying to @mtracey
Should a person be barred from engaging in legal activity (gun purchases) by mere dint of having been "assessed," and cleared, by the FBI?
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Replying to @mtracey
If that's a view you want to take, OK, but realize it undermines some of the most basic foundations of due process.
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Replying to @isi_breen @isikbreen
So there are ways to address that via legislative reform that don't necessitate the erosion of due process.
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Replying to @isi_breen @isikbreen
How about arguing that anyone put on the terror watch list should be barred from purchasing guns?
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Replying to @isi_breen @isikbreen
So don't use it as an instrument for enforcing unrelated policy!
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