Terror Suspects Buying Firearms, U.S. Report Finds

Posted by Robert on March 8, 2005 8:55 AM

More anti-terror follies. From the [1] New York Times, with thanks to EPG:

WASHINGTON, March 7 - Dozens of terror suspects on federal watch lists were allowed to buy firearms legally in the United States last year, according to a Congressional investigation that points up major vulnerabilities in federal gun laws.

People suspected of being members of a terrorist group are not automatically barred from legally buying a gun, and the investigation, conducted by the Government Accountability Office, indicated that people with clear links to terrorist groups had regularly taken advantage of this gap.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2005/03/terror-suspects-buying-firearms-us-report-finds.html

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