Ayotte Statement on Senate Vote on No Fly, No Buy Proposal

Statement

U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte released the following statement regarding Thursday's Senate vote lending support to the bipartisan Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act, which she helped introduce.

"Our bipartisan, common sense proposal garnered majority support in the Senate with 52 votes from both sides of the aisle today - an encouraging sign for moving forward on this important issue. Our amendment is a measured approach. It only would apply to approximately 2,700 Americans on the No Fly and Selectee Lists who pose a heightened risk to our national security and have met criteria above and beyond the broader terrorism watchlist because credible information indicates that they pose a heightened threat of committing an act of terrorism or may be operationally capable of doing so."

"We also worked diligently to make sure it also protected the Constitutional rights of American citizens. It allows Americans who are denied their right to purchase a firearm to challenge it in court and receive an expedited ruling in a district court, where the burden of proof to uphold the denial of a sale is on the government. If the government can't provide credible evidence that an individual needs to be on one of those lists, then the government pays the person's attorney's fees and provides a prompt review process so that an individual can be removed from either list. These are strong due process protections."

"This issue is too serious to keep playing politics, so we know this fight isn't done. We'll keep pushing for a result to keep America safe."

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