So, apparently some politician has a bee in his bung about the FBI’s no-fly watch list. His story? a person on the no-fly list can still buy a gun. Hell of a loophole, that.
Come again?
This is silly, even for an election year. So if I’m a risk to airplanes — based on some arbitrary, black-box data, mind you — I can’t buy a glock?
I thought losing one’s civil liberties required a jury trial. You know, judge, twelve peers, courtroom? “Innocent until proven guilty?” Any of that ring a bell? -or have we abolished that pesky jurisprudence in the name of national security? Worked in Russia… for a while.
(What will be our Siberia? I’ve always considered Georgia kind of a hell-hole. Ooh! or maybe one of the Dakotas!)
What’s next? Eventually the terror watch list will pass through the hands of potential employers, IKEA, and your local grocer: “Sorry, ma’am, this looks like the ingredients for a fruitcake. That’s food terror.”
I can see the slogan now: “Can’t fly? Can’t buy!”
Right. Let’s ask ourselves, when have terrorists ever used guns? They have used planes. They have used cars. They have used vests packed with dynamite. Never a firearm.
Terrorists frown on guns the same way academics frown on profanity: a sign that you’re not smart enough to express yourself. Guns are for hood-rats boosting the liquor store. Use bombs make a political statement. Don’t insult Achmed by calling him Demoin.
We have once again given The Terrorists(tm) reason to laugh. Thank you, politicians!
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