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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR- 282-09
June 22, 2009

STATEMENT OF MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG ON NEW GAO REPORT ON THE TERROR GAP

Gap in Background Checks Enables Terror Suspects to Buy Guns and Explosives

“A startling new report released today by the Government Accountability Office revealed more disturbing proof that individuals on the terrorist watch list have succeeded in buying guns and explosives more than 800 times since 2004. A bill to close the gap in the gun background check system has been championed by Senator Frank Lautenberg and Representative Peter King, with the support of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bi-partisan coalition of more than 400 mayors. Just last month four men were arrested for an attempt to bomb two Bronx synagogues, and this month a terror suspect shot and killed a solider in Arkansas. The terror gap is real and Congress should not wait one more day to close this glaring gap in background checks.”







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