Arbitrary 'no-fly' list may soon become a 'no-guns' list

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Arbitrary 'no-fly' list may soon become a 'no-guns' list

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Arbitrary 'no-fly' list may soon become a 'no-guns' list
http://www.examiner.com/x-536-Civil-Lib ... oguns-list
The federal government's "no-fly" list of people forbidden to board commercial airliners has been the target of much-deserved criticism. Court documents reveal that the grounds for placing people on the list are "not hard and fast rules" but "necessarily subjective" judgments exercised by squabbling agencies. Getting off the list requires navigating an opaque and reluctantly implemented appeals process or a lawsuit. Even the size of the no-fly list is uncertain, with the Transportation Security Administration insisting that high estimates result from people being denied boarding because they've been confused with names on the list (a distinction without a difference). And now enrollment on that bureaucratic nightmare is poised to become grounds for denying Americans the ability to purchase firearms.
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