Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ...
by selimthegrim on Saturday September 12, 2020 @09:30AM
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Stopping gun rights being taken away from No Fly people is the one time the NRA seems to potentially be of any use
Re:PayPal is currently blocking all transactions containing ...
by ufmace on Saturday September 12, 2020 @10:22AM
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I would think the weirdness is because there are constitutional Due Process requirements to being able to arrest somebody, charge them with a crime, or take away their gun rights. But the Feds can easily lean on the airlines to not let people they don't like board a commercial airliner. That'll maybe make us question a few things.
But then I think another part of the reason is that most of the international terrorist types that were originally expected to be blocked by the No Fly List were generally not in the US, and so not subjects to US Gov charges or even gathering evidence.
As Bruce Schneier (IIRC) observed: these people are 'too dangerous' to let fly, but not dangerous enough to arrest.
Safe enough for firearms as well:
> In a 2010 report, the Government Accountability Office noted that "Membership in a terrorist organization does not prohibit a person from possessing firearms or explosives under current federal law," and individuals on the No Fly List are not barred from purchasing guns.[25] According to GAO data, between 2004 and 2010, people on terrorism watch lists—including the No Fly List as well as other separate lists—attempted to buy guns and explosives more than 1,400 times, and succeeded 1,321 times (more than 90% of cases).[26]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Fly_List