Gun Control: Feds let 9 out of 10 on terrorist watch list buy guns
By
Wing Chun Geologist
on July 4, 2009 at 01:04 pm
Here in California, our gun control laws are so whacky that most new .22 caliber revolvers are illegal to purchase. I know because I looked into buying a Smith and Wesson .22 and found the model I was interested in was not legal in the Golden State. Guns that are legal in Nevada, Colorado and many European countries such as Finland, are illegal in CA. But at the federal level, those who actually do the background checks, allow the majority of applicants on terrorist watch list buy firearms.
Liberals tell us that we need more gun control laws, but Federal authorities don't seem any more interested in enforcing federal gun control laws against gang members of possible terrorists than they're interested in enforcing immigration laws against illegal immigrants.
You read that correct. There are 963 terrorist sympathizers living in the United States and wanting firearms. Of those 865 were allowed to purchase firearms.
Here’s my question. There are 400,000 individuals on the watch list, with some of them living in the United States. I’d assume that the majority of individuals on the terrorist watch list, living in the U.S., are either non-citizens, or citizens born in forign countries. Why do we allow them to stay? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0705pagejul05,0,1394888.column
(Page) People on the government’s terrorist watch list tried to buy guns almost 1,000 times in the last five years, a federal study finds. In 9 out of 10 cases, federal authorities let them do it, the report finds, because there was no legal way to stop them.
Liberals tell us that we need more gun control laws, but Federal authorities don't seem any more interested in enforcing federal gun control laws against gang members of possible terrorists than they're interested in enforcing immigration laws against illegal immigrants.
There were 963 attempts by people on the government's no-fly list to buy guns from licensed dealers over the past five years, according to a Government Accountability Office report, and 865 were approved. At least one person was able to buy explosives.
You read that correct. There are 963 terrorist sympathizers living in the United States and wanting firearms. Of those 865 were allowed to purchase firearms.
Here’s my question. There are 400,000 individuals on the watch list, with some of them living in the United States. I’d assume that the majority of individuals on the terrorist watch list, living in the U.S., are either non-citizens, or citizens born in forign countries. Why do we allow them to stay? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0705pagejul05,0,1394888.column
