FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Using the no-fly list does nothing
to prevent terrorists from acquiring guns. It empowers federal bureaucrats to
take away the right of law abiding citizens to arm themselves.
People
mistakenly placed on the no fly list have included
everyone from the late Senator Ted Kennedy, to 72 current employees of the
Department of Homeland Security, to sitting US Congressmen, and more. On the
other hand, the San Bernadino shooters were not on the list. There is no way to
check how bureaucrats decide who goes on the list.
Governor Malloy and Senators
Blumenhal and Murphy are demagoguing away Connecticut families’ security and citizens’
right to self-defense.
Opposition to this executive
overreach is bipartisan – groups from all over the ideological spectrum from
the Connecticut Citizens Defense League to the American Civil Liberties Union
oppose these measures. They strip Americans of due process and their right to
self defense. There is no clear remediation for those mistakenly placed on the
list. We cannot allow ourselves to be governed by the Democrats’ latest talking
points. Irresponsible grandstanding puts all of us at risk.
August Wolf is an Olympian, a wealth
manager, a father of four, and the only declared Republican candidate for Connecticut U.S. Senate in 2016. August Wolf is
running to replace current Sen. Richard Blumenthal.