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comment by cliffelam

I like better background checks a LOT, but I have civil liberties concerns, frankly, about detailed personal information being out there. I also worry about "no fly list" type issues where you can't get your name off the list.





thenewgreen  ·  4407 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, there are often unintended consequences of knee-jerk legislation. I have a friend that will be on the sex-offender list if he's ticketed one more time for peeing outside at a tail-gate. -Dumb, yes. Worthy of the criminal sex offenders list, no.

cliffelam  ·  4407 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Don't just do something, stand there."

Hard if your first reaction to a crisis is to use it to further your political goals.

-XC