but alas, if you are on the terrorist watch list, get thee to the nearest gun show and you re welcome to buy whatever you like. thanks for your business. happy holy war. most people are against that policy. most americans would prefer to change that law that makes it okay for people on the terrorism watch list to buy assault rifles at gun shows. but our representative democracy has not translated that desire for action on the part of the american people into actual action. there isn t a constitutional barrier to doing that. all sorts of people are supposed to be blocked from buying firearms in this country. it s not a constitutional problem. but the terrorist watch list thing has nevertheless fallen right through the gun show loophole. this is a big fundamental question about the united states of america. and although it is a fundamental question, it is not abstract. it is an empirical question. when our country needs to do something about a problem, can we? if we need a new policy on
right now. hebogeyman. he s not the frightening piece. the frightening piece is the psychiatric illness that contaminates people when they re left untreated, that they can t live the lives they re supposed to live. dr. nelson, i guess the biggest question that some of us after virginia tech and after this is like, okay, there is a gap. we did not get loughner or cho into the system in some form or another. and frankly, we didn t get them into the system in time to prevent them from buying firearms. is there a public policy solution to this, or is this simply a societal, we ve all got to look at each other in the mirror and we ve got to point these folks out, we ve got to deal with it, or is there public policy? does government need to figure out a way to mentally deal with a competency test on firearms, for instance? well, i think that all of the above are true. in fact, there are both public policy issues that need to be examined. but certainly, it s very easy to
emirates airlines sold shahzad a ticket to pakistan seven hours after his name was added to the no-fly list. the proposal from chuck schumer and others of his colleagues would require that airlines flag to the tsa any passenger who pays cash for an airline ticket. but a different gap in security remains wide open. individuals on the list have the same right to buy guns and explosives as anyone else. calling it the terror gap, michael bloomberg asked congress to give the government the ability to block purchase of guns by suspected terrorists. shahzad was not placed on the list until monday but the mayor noted if the government places people on a no fly list and terror watch list, why not also prevent them from buying firearms while they re on the list? but in the hearing at capitol hill, the two senators on the panel, collins and graham, worried about the second amendment rights of law-abiding
the list. until today they were required to check for updates to the list only once every 24 hours. emirates airlines sold shahzad a ticket to pakistan seven hours after his name was added to the no-fly list. the proposal from chuck schumer and others of his colleagues would require that airlines flag to the tsa any passenger who pays cash for an airline ticket. but a different gap in security remains wide open. individuals on the terror list have the same right to buy guns and explosives as anyone else. calling it the terror gap, new york city mayor michael bloomberg asked congress to give the government the ability to block purchase of guns by suspected terrorists. shahzad was not placed on the list until monday but the mayor noted if the government places people on a no fly list and terror watch list, why not also prevent them from buying firearms while they re on the list? but in the hearing at capitol hill, the two senators on the panel, collins and graham, worried about the secon
sensical, some jarringly misdirected. today all airlines were ordered to check the no-fly list within two hours of receiving a notification that a high priority name had been added to the list. until today they were required to check for updates to the list only once every 24 hours. emirates airlines sold shahzad a ticket to pakistan seven hours after his name was added to the no-fly list. the proposal from chuck schumer and others of his colleagues would require that airlines flag to the tsa any passenger who pays cash for an airline ticket. but a different gap in security remains wide open. individuals on the terror watch list have the exact same right to buy guns and explosives as anyone else. calling it the terror gap, new york city mayor michael bloomberg today asked congress to give the government the ability to block purchase of guns by suspected terrorists. shahzad was not placed on the list until monday but the mayor noted if the government places people on a no fly list and t