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(1) As I understand it, 5,000 Americans are on the terror watch list and/or "no fly" list. If the issue truly was "good Americans owning firearms," I would understand. But, what is at issue here is banning those on the "no fly" and terror watch list from purchasing a military style, "mass kill" weapon. I believe in viewing the government with healthy skepticism, but this "crack the door and see it ripped from the hinges" stuff is akin to a paranoid cynicism.

(2) I do not believe the survival of the United States even remotely depends upon which candidate is elected President, speaking of paranoid cynicism.

I'm a lot of things, paranoid is not one of em. I simply do not see the list stopping any terrorists from doing what they do. I don't see their minds changing because they are on the list. I don't see their ability to "mass kill" decrease because their name is on the list. I DO see law abiding citizens being erroneously being put on the list, therefore losing their constitutional right. Who really gets the stinky end of the stick?

But hey, if it makes people "feel" safer, put 'em all on the list. After the next shooting will the "list" be expanded to cover whatever the next fool represents? After that, another list, right? Call it being paranoid if you wish, I see it as reality.