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Gun Control vs. Passport Control

TFred

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Ok, I'll say it, has anyone else?

These moron gun-grabbers spend all their energy trying to make criminals out of law-abiding citizens over a couple rounds in a magazine, or a few cosmetic features of a rifle, or friends and neighbors selling each other their guns, while we apparently have NO INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM to black-list STOLEN passports, which according to news reports, allowed at least two - and possibly four - unknown men to board a Boeing 777 which mysteriously crashed into the sea.

Talk about priorities out of whack! This one huge "fail" just cost more innocent lives than all these other gun-control impositions could ever save.

SMH...

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Rusty Young Man

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Only a racist/extremist/puppy-kicker would bring attention to such a logical parallel. Can't you see illegal immigrants have the same right to vote, drivers' licenses, and health care that American citizens have? I mean, it's not like we're a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC or anything. /sarcasm off
 
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TFred

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Well well, looks like I was wrong! I always like to set the record straight, especially when I make an error, so here we go!

Apparently Interpol DOES keep a database of stolen passports and travel documents. However, along the lines of the proverbial horse and water... you can't force the airlines to check the database.

Interpol: No one checked database for 2 stolen passports

The international police organization says last year, passengers boarded planes over a billion times without their passports being checked against Interpol's database of 40 million stolen or lost travel documents.

The France-based agency says that happened again when two people boarded the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight with passports that were on file with Interpol as stolen.​

Sad. I bet they start checking now! Who would be foolish enough to knowingly fly with an airline that refuses to check for stolen travel documents?

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