A reasonable person, having listened to this man with a knowledge of history would be aware of how dangerous his thought process is. The totalitarian mindset expressed should make him unfit for office; but with "change" being the ruling mantra, that tidal wave that will clean away all the wrongs of the past administrations, far too many of our fellow citizens have embraced this kind of hooligan. So much for due process and the constitution...
T F Stern | Email | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 5:21 am | #

When he talks about 40% increase in homicides after the ban was over or whatever.....

And the NRA and FBI UCR's show a decrease in violent crime.....

What the heck is going on here?
I'm going to the FBI UCRs to get to the bottom of this.
Sam | Email | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 7:00 am | #

And the Brady Campaign has no problem with tens of thousands of people being victimized by the gov't like this. They can get it all cleared up 'later' is their justification.
Thirdpower | Email | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 7:37 am | #

I know 3 people on the "list"....2 of which are frequent flyers due to the type of jobs they have and have learned to try to step around certain airports as well as go out at least 1/2 day in advance depending on the destination.
All 3 have been putting up with this for years. Two for reasons similar to Chris. One has no idea other than his job requires him to fly all around the country. And he even has some security clearance to get on bases....???? Thought he'd gotten himself off but last time I talked to him, he'd been pulled out of line.
For 2, they have no desire to own a gun and so for them, this is no big deal. They don's see the danger of the next incremental step -
The other, has guns, and feels he's 1 step away from having the BATF come bashing in to check him out.
Too bad we can't put Rahm on the Shut Up And Stay In The Corner list....
Matt | Email | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 10:03 am | #

No, Chris, what that list actually is, at least for most of the criminals of this administration - and let's face facts, that's damn near everyone in this administration - is a good start for them. After all, most criminals prefer that their victims be defenseless.
emdfl | Email | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 11:57 am | #

The fact that this is in front of a podium with the Brady center logo, instead of the presidential one, leads me to think that this is grandstanding infront of gungrabbers, and not an actual change in the right to buy guns by those on the nofly list.

I think it's more a "this is what the future holds" rather than an actual proclamation from the Executive branch.
HTRN | Email | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 12:39 pm | #

HTRN, we can only hope that is the case, and hope that we can persuade enough people to organize to resist this becoming an actual change in the future.
Windy Wilson | Email | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 1:11 pm | #

I went to the actual Youtube page. This vid is from 2007, when Rahm Emanuel was IL Congressmen, speaking at a "Stand up for a Safe America" event.
HTRN | Email | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 8:08 pm | #

Yes, but the enabling legislation is currently pending in congress.
Chris Byrne | Email | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 8:24 pm | #

http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/la...s/secureflight/

Starting soon you will be forced to provide your full name as it appears on your government ID, your date of birth, and your gender.
Raif | Email | Homepage | 07.09.09 - 8:47 pm | #

There are actually 2 versions of the concept right now - McCarthy's "No Fly, No Buy" act, and the "Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009", sponsered by Rep. Peter King of New York.
HTRN | Email | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 1:23 pm | #

You're just now finding out about this? I wrote a note on Facebook about this all the way back in February. Go on there and find it in my notes.

Rahm Emanuel is a statist, jackbooted thugtard who should be forced to resign immediately, preferably sooner.
Legman688 | Email | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 4:01 pm | #

Oh lord no, it's jsut the first time I'd seen that video.
Chris Byrne | Email | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 9:09 pm | #

It would be so cool to put this fascist and others like him on the list.
Of course they could get off the list quicker than you or I could get a cab from the airport, but for that moment THEY'D KNOW what those awful people they are opposed to were talking about.
Windy Wilson | Email | Homepage | 07.11.09 - 9:59 am | #

Windy -

You can buy people gift memberships in the NRA. When I first heard about this crap, I decided that if it actually comes to pass, I am buying one for everyone I know who voted for Obama.


And I'll buy Rahm Emanuel one too, as far as that goes.
Legman688 | Email | Homepage | 07.11.09 - 11:59 am | #

Legman688, ok, but be sure to use a postal money order you paid for with cash, because once these people make the leap to dissent is terrorism, buying gift memberships in a terrorist organization whose members included Theodore Roosevelt and Tom Selleck and Charlton Heston will be considered a terrorist act, and the government response will make the visit to the Branch Davidians look like a Quaker church picnic.
Windy Wilson | Email | Homepage | 07.12.09 - 3:24 pm | #

Windy: Only a problem if you still live at your last official address.

If it gets that bad, forward your mail to a dropbox, and move a few blocks away ... and do not put that new address on ANY form.

"Cold Dead Hands" is bad tactics.
Kristopher | Email | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 1:56 pm | #

No, you don't get to decide that sir.
Well, he shouldn't get to, but he and his kind will do it anyway. And you know what they're going to say, albeit in not so many words: "What are YOU going to do about it, you peasant?"
the pistolero | Email | Homepage | 07.14.09 - 7:43 am | #