Ford Jr.: Obama ‘Should Absolutely’ Issue Gun Sales Ban for Those on No-Fly Lists

BRZEZINSKI: "While congressional Democrats continue calling for a fix to the so-called watch list loophole without much success, Connecticut's governor took matters into his own hands yesterday. Dannel Malloy announced he would sign an executive order banning people on federal terrorism watch lists from buying firearms in his state."

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MALLOY: "Like all Americans, I've been horrified by the recent terrorist attack in California and Paris. This should be a wake-up call for all of us. This is a moment to seize here in America. and today I'm here to say that in Connecticut, we are seizing this moment. If you cannot fly due to being on a government watch list, you should not be able to purchase a firearm while on that watch list as well. This is basic common sense. The American people get it."
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BRZEZINSKI: "Malloy says the order will go into affect once the White House who he has been working with on the policy grants state access to some of the government's watch lists. They need the list in order to enforce it."
FORD: "Can the president not issue an executive order doing this also? I don't know the rules. One would think if he could that he absolutely should. This would be one of the -- if Congress is refusing that, because this Congress won't act as quickly as they should, the president should just do it."