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Politics : A Hard Look At Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (3256)	6/15/2016 7:07:48 PM
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Hillary Clinton takes credit for Donald Trump's pivot toward gun control Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took credit for getting presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on-board the gun control train Wednesday, claiming she and others "essentially forced" Trump to consider unpopular and some would argue, unconstitutional legislation that would ban Americans from having guns if they were on the " no-fly list." Clinton's remarks came after Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he would be meeting with the National Rifle Association ( NRA) about "not allowing people" on the no-fly list to exercise their second amendment rights. "Welcome to the cause," Clinton said. "This is something I’ve been talking about for a long time..." In December, the legislation failed to pass the Senate although Donald Trump and then-Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich expressed support for the proposal. Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio both voted against the gun control legislation. Gun control advocates have long been trying to pass legislation that would revoke the rights of those who find themselves on a secretive list of potential terrorists maintained by "unelected, unaccountable government bureaucrats," as described by Sean Davis in a must-read article at the Federalist. The constitutional right to due process appears to be ignored by this proposal. "If some faceless Beltway bureaucrat decides you might be a terrorist, then you’re a terrorist," Davis writes. As of 2013, the list "included nearly 900,000 names." Famously, journalist Stephen Hayes found himself on the list after he took a trip to Turkey with his wife. I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2016 In a press release pushing for the legislation, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) assures that there are "protections" in place, including the option of filing a lawsuit against the Justice Department if an individual believes "he has been mistakenly prevented from buying a firearm." The renewed push for the same legislation that failed in the Senate less than a year ago is a stark reminder of the dogged determination of gun control advocates. examiner.com