Need a Gun? On the Terrorist Watch List? No Problem

Feds OK sales thanks to controversial law

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 20, 2009 3:18 PM CDT

(Newser) – People placed on Washington's terrorist watch list can be prevented from boarding an airplane or getting a visa, but they can still buy a gun, the New York Times reports. In the last 5 years, people on the list tried to buy guns nearly 1,... Read full story »

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