# The No-Fly List and the US Constitution.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-no-fly-list-and-the-us-constitution/757947>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 21, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-no-fly-list-and-the-us-constitution/757947 "2016-06-21T08:55:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-no-fly-list-and-the-us-constitution/757947/81 "2016-07-01T19:08:49Z")

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The Dems dont really want the list.

> **[House Democrats will oppose GOP gun bill | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/01/politics/guns-house-democrats-republicans/index.html)**
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> House Democrats said Friday they will oppose a Republican bill aimed at preventing people suspected of being terrorists from buying guns because they don't believe the proposal will be effective in stopping the purchases.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-no-fly-list-and-the-us-constitution/757947/82 "2016-07-09T16:47:33Z")

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You really didn’t read that article, did you? The Republican bill is not associated with the no-fly list. Democratic members of Congress are opposing it because it only gives the government three days to make its case (and because it doesn’t use the no-fly list).

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**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-no-fly-list-and-the-us-constitution/757947/83 "2016-07-09T18:32:07Z")

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> [@YogSothoth](#):
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> I think we should trust that the No-Fly List is properly put together so that we can use it to prevent people from buying guns. I’d be fine tying the gun purchase ban list to other lists as well

Than again most who are OK with using the no-fly list to prevent Americans on the list from buying guns would also be ok with using the phone book for the same purpose…

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