Posted on 04/22/2013 12:50:51 PM PDT by stevie_d_64
The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were not licensed to have the firearms they used in several shootouts with police on Friday, Reuters reported Sunday night.
The news that the suspects were not authorized to own firearms will likely add fuel to calls for tougher gun laws – an issue that was put on the back-burner last week after the Senate blocked the central elements of a gun-control package backed by President Obama.
Because Massachusetts state law bars handgun ownership for those younger than 21, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, age 26, was the only brother who could have obtained a license from the town of Cambridge, Mass., where he lived. But he didn't take that step, Dan Riviello, spokesman for the Cambridge Police Department, told Reuters.
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The only solution: immediately do away with the Second Amendment.
I agree, I mean we give them the shovels to dig their own holes...We encourage them to hop in and make themselves comfortable...
Then we fail to cover them up for some silly reason...
Our follow-though sucks!!!
If only they were required to have licenses.....
......oh wait.
Never mind.
Commence RAIDING ALL MOSQUES WITHIN REACH OF THOSE BOMBERS. They probably served as weapons depots for these punks. If our gov’t can raid every home in a neighborhood, THEY SURELY CAN RAID THE MOSQUES!
What weapons did they have? I know the generic “ two handguns and a rifle” but what were they? Were they recovered?
Not a bad suggestion!!!
Post of the day award!!!
Bwahahahahahaha!
These guys are nothing if not persistent.
Anything not to state the truth... “Despite a bevy of tough Massachusetts gun laws, these boys had no problem getting their hands on firearms, further buttressing the view that criminals don’t obey gun laws.”
Isn’t that the point? Criminals are going to have, and use, guns, REGARDLESS of existing gun laws.
Gangbanger accused in string of murders didn't have gun license...
But then again, the Chicago media are apparently much smarter than Reuters.
Is there ANY law that could have prevented it?
Well, since the perps were Muslims terrorists ... and Muslims terrorists seem to be able to get into this country ... and if it saves just 1 life ... ... ...
Now there’s something!
They have NO respect for the law! How dare they!
They may have been double illegal. Maybe the weapons came across the Mexican border... (via Benghazi)
Once guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
No gun licenses?
How dare they!
I hope the Boston governore makes sure the state adds that transgression to the list of charges.
/s
The news that the suspects were not authorized to own firearms will likely add fuel to calls for tougher gun laws – an issue that was put on the back-burner last week after the Senate blocked the central elements of a gun-control package backed by President Obama.
No idiot. It proves the wrothlessness of gun laws. If they HAD gun permits, this worthless rag would be screaming that the permitting process needs tightening up.
I have heard that blonde troll on FOX around 6:45 - she’s a raving lib like all the idiots involved with the “Hill”.
Don’t ban guns, Ban Jihad.....
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