Fri
Nov 27 2009
06:20 pm
By: Bbeanster
During the Clinton administration, the FBI had access to records of gun background checks for up to 180 days. But in 2003, Congress began requiring that the records be destroyed within 24 hours. This requirement, one of the many restrictions on gun data sponsored by Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), meant that Hasan's investigators were blocked from searching records to determine whether he or other terrorist suspects had purchased guns. When Hasan walked out of Guns Galore in Killeen, Tex., the FBI had only 24 hours to recognize and flag the record -- and then it was gone, forever.
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well a paid lobbyist for the gun lobby...
no surprise there...
Since I don't have priviledged user posting rights..lol..I found this and thought it was interesting as it also applies to guns:
(link...)
It should be interesting as the alleged perpertrator had his sentance in Arkansas commuted by then Govenor Huckabee.
Will this turn into Huckabee's Willie Horton I wonder ?
Maybe it should as the repubs skewered then Presidential Candidate Michael Dukakis over Horton.Turnabout would seem to be fair play don't you think ?
Huckabee was always letting
Huckabee was always letting folks out early when he was governor. It was an issue in his presidential campaign last year, and if he runs again it will be an issue again. This will be fuel for that flame, or at least it should be.
Pam Strickland
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