Posted on 04/22/2013 6:09:28 AM PDT by Gamecock
The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, who police say engaged in a gun battle with officers early Friday after a frenzied manhunt, were not licensed to own guns in the towns where they lived, authorities said on Sunday.
But neither brother appears to have been legally entitled to own or carry firearms where they lived, a fact that may add to the national debate over current gun laws.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who was killed in the shootout with police, would have been required to apply for a gun license with the local police department where he lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
But there is no record of him having done so, according to Cambridge Police Department spokesman Dan Riviello.
Even if he had earlier received a gun license from somewhere outside Cambridge, that license would have to be registered with Cambridge police upon becoming a resident of the city, Riviello said. In Massachusetts, gun licenses are issued by municipal police departments.
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While we're at it, let's just outlaw abuse of dope and hard drugs too.
Along with speeding, wife beating and pedophilia.
Criminals do not apply for licenses.
Exactly!
All you ever hear from liberals is "We need more laws!" Why don't they ever say, "We need to ENFORCE more laws!"?
Anyone notice the news blackout on the types of firearms the bombers had?
Usually the MSM would be plastering photos of them everywhere while calling for the Senate to revote on the AW ban that failed.
Ohhhh...he’s in REAL trouble now!!!
That’s easy to fix. Let’s pass a law against possessing a handgun without a handgun license.
There otta be a law against it.
They probably got them from a mosque that got them from eric hoilder in a failed “sting operation”. Yep... like that has never happened before!
LLS
Well, it lends credence to the assertion that gun control laws primarily constrain already law abiding citizens.
Al Reuters is getting better than The Onion...
If these guys carjack to get a vehicle, if they are willing to murder police in cold blood, what kind of law would keep them from getting their hands on firearms?
Anyone who says this is an example of why we need tighter firearm laws, should be laughed off the planet and asked if the USA would have been better in Boston on April 15th with tighter firearm laws or tighter immigration laws?
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