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New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told a Senate panel Wednesday that he strongly supports congressional efforts to close a "terror gap" in the nation's gun laws, which currently allow persons on a federal terrorist watch list to buy guns and explosives legally in the United States.
According to the GAO report released Wednesday, FBI data show that individuals on the government's terrorist watch list were involved in firearms or explosives background checks 1,228 times from February 2004 through February 2010. Of those transactions, 1,119, or about 91 percent, "were allowed to proceed because no prohibiting information was found -- such as felony convictions, illegal immigrant status, or other disqualifying factors," the GAO's Eileen R. Larence said in prepared testimony.
She said the 1,228 transactions involved about 650 individuals, of whom about 450 engaged in multiple transactions and six were involved in 10 or more.
From March 2009 through February 2010, Larence said, 272 background checks yielded matches to persons on the terrorist watch list, one of whom was purchasing explosives.
Them dayum JBTs cain't steel our Secund Amminmint rites!
According to the GAO report released Wednesday, FBI data show that individuals on the government's terrorist watch list were involved in firearms or explosives background checks 1,228 times from February 2004 through February 2010. Of those transactions, 1,119, or about 91 percent, "were allowed to proceed because no prohibiting information was found -- such as felony convictions, illegal immigrant status, or other disqualifying factors," the GAO's Eileen R. Larence said in prepared testimony.
She said the 1,228 transactions involved about 650 individuals, of whom about 450 engaged in multiple transactions and six were involved in 10 or more.
From March 2009 through February 2010, Larence said, 272 background checks yielded matches to persons on the terrorist watch list, one of whom was purchasing explosives.
Them dayum JBTs cain't steel our Secund Amminmint rites!