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06-02-2003, 06:35 AM
Gun Checks For Everyone – Except Known Terrorists
Database used on law-abiding Americans while al-Qaida, other enemies get free ride
Posted: June 1, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
Despite recent efforts to beef up security in the United States, those most likely to use weapons against Americans are not even on background checklists at local gun dealers.
While nine out of 10 gun purchases are now subject to instant FBI criminal checks to filter out convicted felons, fugitives and a handful of others, the State Department's list of known foreign terrorists – used by airport security personnel and border patrols – is not included in the database used by dealers to check a buyer's eligibility, reports CBS News.
Even the names of suspected al-Qaida cell members in the U.S. would not show up in a background check by a gun store.
More than 20 months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a government report prepared by the Congressional Research Service found both international and domestic terrorists could take advantage of the background-check loophole to purchase weapons ranging from rifles to hundreds of pounds of explosive powder.
''As long as they have evaded detection by law enforcement authorities and are not identified as prohibited persons, they could purchase firearms from licensed dealers,'' the report said. ''They could also purchase firearms at gun shows from either licensed or unlicensed persons.''
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Database used on law-abiding Americans while al-Qaida, other enemies get free ride
Posted: June 1, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
Despite recent efforts to beef up security in the United States, those most likely to use weapons against Americans are not even on background checklists at local gun dealers.
While nine out of 10 gun purchases are now subject to instant FBI criminal checks to filter out convicted felons, fugitives and a handful of others, the State Department's list of known foreign terrorists – used by airport security personnel and border patrols – is not included in the database used by dealers to check a buyer's eligibility, reports CBS News.
Even the names of suspected al-Qaida cell members in the U.S. would not show up in a background check by a gun store.
More than 20 months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a government report prepared by the Congressional Research Service found both international and domestic terrorists could take advantage of the background-check loophole to purchase weapons ranging from rifles to hundreds of pounds of explosive powder.
''As long as they have evaded detection by law enforcement authorities and are not identified as prohibited persons, they could purchase firearms from licensed dealers,'' the report said. ''They could also purchase firearms at gun shows from either licensed or unlicensed persons.''
More @ wnd.com (http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32860)