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Bill to Give Unilateral Authority to U. S. Attorney General to Deny Firearms to Suspected "Domestic Terrorists"

HR 2159 stated purpose: "To increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of a firearm or the issuance of firearms or explosives licenses to a known or suspected dangerous terrorist."

This bill gives the U. S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, unilateral and arbitrary authority to deny due process and 2nd Amendment rights to keep and bear arms to any American citizen "appropriately suspected" of supporting or planning terrorism.

If one ties this bill to the recent Department of Homeland Security report on suspected domestic terrorists, the list of "appropriately suspected" terrorists would include military veterans, supporters of the U. S. Constitution, libertarians, Ron Paul supporters, Christians, peaceful Tea Party protestors, etc.

The bill refers to the U. S. Criminal Code 2231(5) definition of "domestic terrorist which reads:

(5) the term “domestic terrorism” means activities that—

(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;

(B) appear to be intended—

(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or

(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and

The criminal code is vague enough to provide a great deal of discretion on the part of the Attorney General. Moreover, amending the criminal code to broaden the scope of the definition of "domestic terrorist" could happen queitly.

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