Are You A Terrorist? Then I Have The Gun For You!!

Under current federal law, the FBI has no authority to block the sale of firearms or explosives to individuals on the terrorist watch list.

That means the federal government can’t stop gun sales to the same people it thinks are too dangerous to get on an airplane.

According to the Government Accountability Office, people on the terrorist watch list have passed background checks and purchased guns 1,119 times over the past 6 years. And on multiple occasions, terror suspects have even passed background checks and managed to buy explosives.

Source: http://www.terrorgap.org/terrorgap.php

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