Petition updateHalt the Gun Violence Epidemic Today by Declaring a National State of Emergency!ELLIOT'S COMMENTS 2-1-17

National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC)
Feb 1, 2017
PRESIDENT TRUMP—TO KEEP US SAFE SHOULDN'T WE BAN TERROR SUSPECTS ON THE NO-FLY LIST FROM LEGALLY BUYING GUNS IN THE U.S.?
President Trump, on June 15, four days after the biggest mass shooting in U.S. history in Orlando you tweeted, “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.” YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. The "terrorist loophole"—as the legality of terror suspects buying guns has been termed—is a huge and constant threat to all Americans.
During your September 26 debate, five weeks after the massacre, you told Hillary Clinton “I agree with you,” and that “I think we have to look very strongly at no-fly lists and watch lists.” AGAIN YOU WERE RIGHT. The "No Fly List," maintained by the United States federal government's Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) contains the names of an estimated 109,000 people (see link below). ALL THESE PEOPLE CANNOT BUY A PLANE TICKET—THEY ARE CONSIDERED TOO DANGEROUS AND TOO MUCH OF A THREAT—BUT THEY CAN LEGALLY BUY ANY GUNS THEY WANT INCLUDING ASSAULT WEAPONS.
The "No Fly List," is a smaller version of the "Terror Watch List" estimated to include as many as 800,000 names (see link below). According to the Government Accountability Office, PEOPLE ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST PASS THEIR BACKGROUND CHECKS) 91 PERCENT OF THE TIME (SEE LINK BELOW).
Blocking potential terrorists from entering this country as your immigration ban is designed to do does not protect us from suspected terrorists who are already in the country and can legally buy all the guns they want.
Despite the Orlando bloodshed, legislation to close the “terror loophole” failed in Congress and the nation still remains at great risk. It is a positive sign that a bill blocking anyone on federal terrorism watch lists from buying guns in Wyoming was introduced this week. “We need to do something about people who are going to attack us getting weapons to do it,” said co-sponsor Sen. James Anderson, R-Casper.
PRESIDENT TRUMP, TO PROTECT US FROM TERRORIST ASSAULTS PLEASE ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CLOSING THE “TERRORIST LOOPHOLE” TODAY. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN KEEP US SAFE.
Elliot Fineman
CEO - Founder
National Gun Victims Action Council
www.gunvictimsaction.org/donate
www.gunvictimsaction.org
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/23/politics/terrorist-no-fly-watch-list-explained/
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