rbernie
Contributing Member
CNN is running a typical 'the sky is falling' article about how folk on the 'terrorist watch list' can still buy firearms. Well, of course they can, because you need be convicted of no crime to be placed on that list.
They have the usual poll up, and I think that we should hit it. Go to www.cnn.com and look halfway down on the right.
They have the usual poll up, and I think that we should hit it. Go to www.cnn.com and look halfway down on the right.
Current law doesn't stop firearm or explosives sales to people whose names are on the terrorist watch list. That's the finding of a new report by the Government Accountability Office, sent to lawmakers last month and released publicly Monday.
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Of the 963 background checks, 865 were allowed to proceed, and 98 were denied, the report said.
"The integrity of the terror watch list is poor, as it mistakenly contains the names of many men and women, including some high-profile Americans, who have not violated the law," said a statement by Chris W. Cox, the NRA chief lobbyist. "In fact, a March 2009 report by the inspector general of the Department of Justice concluded that many people whose names were mistakenly placed on the list remain there even after their cases have been vetted and closed."