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user-inactivated · 4241 days ago · link · · parent · post: So what's the point of a watch list then?
"We want to watch this guy because he's from Chechnya"? Dangerous territory. I can't shake the feeling that a lot of these guys, especially ones who commit deliberate acts of terror, are trained to keep their heads down. Sure, you've got the ones that spout off on message boards, but that can't be the majority, can it? And what about all the shooters whose families say afterward, "this is insane, how could this have been my nice level-headed nephew" etc? There are a lot of holes in your solution, and a lot of holes in our current system.