Bucking NRA, Gun Owners Speak Out in Support of Barring Suspected Terrorists From Buying Guns

Last Friday, the National Rifle Association held its annual gathering in Charlotte, N.C., where ThinkProgress asked a number of participants whether the Second Amendment should extend to folks currently on the country’s terrorist watch list. (Under current law, it does.) The responses are a clear indication More…

Gun Lobby Questions Accuracy of Terrorist Watch List

Here’s Chris Cox, top lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, explaining in a statement to The Washington Post that the group opposes efforts to prevent those on the FBI’s terrorist watch list from buying weapons, because some of those folks might be on the list erroneously.

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Terrorist Watch List is No Hurdle to Gun Purchases

Another day, another damning federal report regarding the ease with which potential criminals can purchase guns in America.

Just days after issuing findings that thousands of guns are being funneled illegally into Mexico, the Government Accountability Office reported that, in the last five years, folks known to be on More…