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rentz wrote:

TexasJohnBoy wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/politics/ ... index.html

oh geez, this is partisan politics at its worst. The republicans submitted very reasonable compromise solutions that essentially gave the democratic party what they wanted but limited the lists they could use and since it was from republicans it gets denied and spread that the republicans halted all measures to protect americans.

You know, the GOP risks alienating parts of its own base to offer up something that the Democrats have been harping about for ages, and they vote it down almost unanimously. The White House immediately goes out and blasts the Republicans for failing to act, and now two days later they stage this ridiculous sit-in to protest our alleged lack of action.

I get that we don't want to be seen as obstructionists or whatever, but I can't help but wonder why we even bother? You can't win for losing with these people. I hope this is part of a larger plan to get something on record that we can use against the anti-gun Dem's at some point, but the mainstream media has largely ignored it as far as I can tell and will never get the story correct in any event.

There comes a point where there's just nothing else you can do. I think we're there and have been for a while. I'm terrified as to where this goes from here.

I'm going to trust the NRA on this one (don't trust Cornyn, but that's another discussion) but I have grave reservations about Republicans proposing anything as a response to this latest shooting. I hate to see this door even cracked open for fear that the left will once again find a way to hijack our good intentions. I don't trust current GOP leadership to slam the door shut if they do.

I kinda understand what they're trying to do, but as it stands now, they can't deny a firearm purchase simply because someone is on the terrorist watch list, correct? Well, if we're going to allow those folks to be denied firearms, can we not similarly deny them, say, the ability to get on a computer/internet, or vote, or travel without permission? Wouldn't that better expose the supposed issues with the "terrorist watch list"?

I fear that the left has latched onto this "terrorist watch list" thing as it relates to gun purchases and is trying to use it to trick us into some broader restrictions. And again, I don't trust current GOP leadership to hold the line, much less use this as a wedge issue to force vulnerable Dems to take anti-gun votes.

Sorry, I'm probably just paranoid. It just seems to me like we shouldn't be addressing whatever perceived problems we have with the "terrorist watch list" under the umbrella of "gun control". Am I missing something?