Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Guns Sold to Names on Watch Lists.........

More than 800 gun purchases were approved after background checks in the last five years even though the buyers' names were on the government's terrorist watch list, investigators said Monday.

Being on the watch list is not among the nine factors, such as a felony conviction, that disqualify someone from buying a gun under federal law. More than 900 background checks between February 2004 and February 2009 turned up names on the watch list, and all but 98 were allowed to go through.

They say that over 400,000 people are on the list but some may be there for no reason. Investigations, may or may not get them removed from the list. No one will say for sure.

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