Vox writer Dylan Matthews said on Twitter Thursday that he believed the president should be able to unilaterally ban all Americans from purchasing guns.
One of the arguments against gun control advocates’ proposal to ban those on federal terror watch lists from buying guns is that there is that it would deprive Americans of their rights without a trial, and that the government doesn’t have to explain why a given person was added to the list. But Matthews argued that was more of a feature than a bug.
https://twitter.com/dylanmatt/status/743439660324622337
Matthews tweet naturally attracted the ire of conservatives on Twitter, many of whom pointed out that he might feel differently about unilateral deprival of rights if Donald Trump was the one doing it.
https://twitter.com/GlomarResponder/status/743445270478848000
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/743449632588578816
Matthews did cede some ground, when fellow liberal Glenn Greenwald pointed out that Muslim-Americans would be most affected.
https://twitter.com/dylanmatt/status/743452391677231104
F that kike kid diddler. Get some punk.
I’ll feel better when someone unilaterally bans Dylan Mathews from breathing.
That someone being (hopefully everyone!)
I’ve banned him from being my countries president