thefederalist | If something horrifying happens, we must ignore due process and
deny Americans their rights. To be safe. This was basically the argument
many conservatives (and Democrats) made post-9/11 to help pass the
Patriot Act, and it’s exactly the argument most liberals are making when
they push gun bans to people on terror watch lists.
“If the FBI is watching you for suspected terrorist links,” Hillary Clinton said today in her supposedly apolitical speech, “you shouldn’t be able to just go buy a gun.”
If we’re going to do this, let’s be consistent.
If the FBI is conducting a criminal investigation of your suspected
illegal use of a home email server to transmit classified intelligence,
you shouldn’t be allowed to just go and run for president. Obviously.
The idea that we would allow a person who can’t be trusted with our most
vital secrets to hold the most powerful office in the nation is absurd.
It’s just not safe.
It’s worse than that, actually. Being on a watch list would probably be best described—using Hillary’s own euphemism—as
having a “security inquiry.” The Democratic Party nominee is under
criminal investigation by the nation’s prime federal law enforcement
agency. She’s practically guilty. Fist Tap Big Don.
