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If 5,000 Americans is the correct number at this point (on the terror watch/"no fly"), we are talking about a tiny piece of a 325,000,000 person pie. There is no guarantee that this measure will stop the next mass shooting. However, is it a reasonable, rational thing to ban folks on this list from being able to purchase a military style, "mass kill" weapon?

Personally, I don't see it as reasonable or rational. ANY semi automatic rifle or shotgun can be used as a "mass kill" weapon. ANY semi automatic rifle can be modified to hold more rounds. Being "military style" has no bearing on how many can be killed, nor does it have any bearing on power. If we allow congress to pick and choose (put on a list) which gun is fit for us to own, that list will also grow as fools modify and use them. Many people are ignorant when it comes to guns, styles are moot when it comes to jihadists, they'll use whatever they choose, no matter what the laws are, so why make more laws/lists?

Look at drug laws (War on Drugs), all kinds of laws initially passed to curb or stop the illegal sale and possession of drugs. How's that working out? Lists grow weekly on drugs added as illegal to possess yet drug addicts have them. We have adequate laws pertaining to drug use but it's obvious more will not help the problem, nor will more gun laws stop jihadists. the problem is much deeper than the "style" of gun my friend.