Have you heard? San Francisco board of supervisors just passed a resolution declaring the NRA a domestic terrorist group.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/04/san-francisco-supervisors-nra-domestic-terrorist-organization/2210973001/

I don't like guns...I had a very scary experience with one...but I didn't know that city governments were allowed to make decisions like that. Are they?

I DO like the law...and I would like to see that people don't let their tiny powers go to their heads.

Who can legally determine that a group is a domestic terrorist organization? Anyone know? I thought it was the federal government in conjunction with the FBI, (many of whom will be surprised to discover they are now "domestic terrorists").

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xixgun · M

No. They do not have the authority for the action they have taken.
If they do, then I would like to hereby claim the state of California as a domestic terrorist organization.

4meAndyou · F

@xixgun I posted some research down at the bottom here. An essential portion of the Patriot Act upon which domestic terrorist designations are based is:

"The USA Patriot Act from 2001 defines domestic terrorism as a dangerous act occurring within U.S. territory that violates criminal laws in ways that are "intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping."

And it seems to me that the city board of supervisors in San Francisco is doing this:

"intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion

xixgun · M

@4meAndyou bingo