Sentences with phrase «federal terror watch lists»
On Thursday, Malloy's administration was said to be working with the federal government to gain access to the federal terror watch lists.
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Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced he intends to issue an executive order prohibiting anyone on the federal government's terror watch lists from buying a firearm in the state — assuming state officials are allowed access to those lists.
The Democrats said at a lower Manhattan news conference with the Statue of Liberty in the backdrop that their preference is that the federal government add terror watch lists to the criteria used in background checks, but congressional efforts to mandate the cross-check have met pushback from gun advocates.
Top New York officials are asking the federal government to help the state to block people on the terror watch list from legal gun purchases.
Sen. Charles Schumer and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that the federal government does not currently give states access to classified background information about suspects on its terror watch list.
Amid failure of federal legislation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday again called for federal action that would ban gun sales to those on terror or no - fly watch lists.
Indeed, federal law allows people on terror watch lists to purchase guns, and thousands of them have done so.