I like Gail Collins normally, but this time she really nails it: Apparently Congress is ready to strip suspected terrorists of their Miranda rights, their citizenship, their right to fly and their privacy — but not their right to buy guns.
“I think you’re going too far here,” said Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday. He was speaking in opposition to a bill that would keep people on the F.B.I. terrorist watch list from buying guns and explosives.
Say what?
Yes, if you are on the terrorist watch list, the authorities can keep you from getting on a plane but not from purchasing an AK-47. … People who are perfectly happy to let the government wiretap phones go nuts when the government wants to keep track of weapons permits.
*head-slap*
Grant Hamilton
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Well, it’s all about playing fair right? He wants the terrorists to have a sporting chance of killing people at the airport at least, after their denied access to the plane.
Idiots.