Sentences with phrase «on terror watch»

If Orlando shooter was on a terror watch list, this Senate vote from Dec is going to get a lot of attention: https://t.co/yVE7l6jpHU

Anyone on a terror watch list who tries to buy a gun should be thoroughly investigated by the FBI and the sale delayed while the investigation is ongoing.»

The FBI said it conducted a 10 - month investigation into the suspected Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen, but found no reason to keep him on the terror watch list.

Even with a court warrant, only individuals convicted of a violent or major crime within the past five years, or those on a terror watch list, would be handed over to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Gov. Dannel Malloy announced Thursday he intends to prohibit anyone on the terror watch lists from buying a gun.

«If you're on the terror watch list and you can't get on a plane, you shouldn't be able to purchase an assault rifle legally in this country,» Higgins said.

The senator also pledged to continue his legislative push to enable the Department of Justice to prevent those on the terror watch lists from purchasing firearms or explosives.

Murphy says Congress should also pass legislation to prevent people on the terror watch lists from purchasing guns.

Indeed, federal law allows people on terror watch lists to purchase guns, and thousands of them have done so.

A measure that she is cosponsoring would give the attorney general the authority to block suspects on the terror watch list from buying guns.

New York Democratic Congresswoman Nita Lowey is calling on the House to pass legislation prohibiting suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms.

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.

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.

De Blasio penned a letter to congressional GOP leaders, asking House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to back a bill that would prohibit people on terror watch lists, which bar them from boarding airplanes, from buying firearms.

Notably, in 2010, the ACLU testified against «the use of terror watch lists to screen gun purchases,» writing that the «deeply flawed» terror watch list process led the group to conclude, «Given these problems, we do not believe that anyone should be deprived of the right to purchase a gun, or the right to fly, or any other benefit of membership in civil society based solely on placement on a terror watch list.»

Democratic challengers in some of this year's most competitive races are appealing to Americans» fears about terrorism to broach gun control, specifically by calling out Republican incumbents for not backing New York Republican Rep. Peter T. King's bill, first introduced nine years ago, to prevent people on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms.

The issue becomes contentious due to the criteria used to put people on a terror watch list, or declare them to have mental health problems.

Are people on a terror watch list or judged to have mental health issues, denied the ability to purchase or drive a vehicle?

There also are no examples of someone being on the terror watch list and buying guns that were later used in a shooting.

The latest (but not recent) episode I remember is this vote from June 2016, when the US senate rejected restrictions on sale of weapons to people on the terror watch list.

According to the report, last year people on the terror watch list attempted to buy guns on 244 occasions — 223 were «allowed to proceed.»

On the heels of the deadliest mass shooting in American history, a new report released by the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein reveals disturbing data about how easy it is for individuals on the terror watch list to purchase firearms.

In fact, since background checks have included people on the terror watch list, people on the list that attempted to by guns 2,477 different times.

Not exact matches

GAO said from February 2004, when the background check system began checking the terror watch list, through 2015, 2,477 names of would - be gun and explosives buyers were on the watch list.

I was startled as I watched excerpts from the TRC hearings and other interviews when white South African policemen and security agents described specific tactics of terror and torture that they'd used on black South Africans.

Yesterday, we watched a terror strike on yet another world stage, this time in Brussels, Belgium, which is the headquarters of the European Union and NATO.

In his testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee this morning following the arrest of the Times Square bomb plot suspect, Mayor Bloomberg is urging lawmakers to close the so - called «terror gap» to give the FBI the power to block the sale of guns and explosives to people on watch lists.

People watch as police officers secure an area following what Mayor Bill de Blasio has called «an act of terror» in lower Manhattan on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017.

Governance Watch has taken notice of the discussion in the midst of the general Ghanaian public, and wish to add its voice to calls on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo - Addo, to step his foot on the group and deal with the brutish behavior of groups of individuals who have assumed responsibility on matters of security, visiting mayhem and terror on the lives of innocent Ghanaians.

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.

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.

On Thursday, Malloy's administration was said to be working with the federal government to gain access to the federal terror watch lists.

Dominic Raab, MP for Esher and Walton, published Fight Terror, Defend Freedom with Big Brother Watch, which campaigns on civil liberties.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said on Wednesday that he intends to block anyone on the government's terror watch lists from buying a firearm.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats in Congress vowed Wednesday to renew efforts to pass a bill that would ban sales of guns and explosives to suspected terrorists on the nation's terror watch list.

As Terry watches more and more stories about the war on terror on cable news channels, he begins developing an intense suspicion of his new neighbor Gabe Hassan (Khaled Abol Naga), an Arab exchange student.

brand of terror juxtaposes brilliantly against the hilarious ways you can kill zombies or human enemies during normal gameplay, like putting novelty masks heads on their heads, or filling the floor with oil and watching zombie hordes tumble all over some marbles.

This is the chance players need to get in one last swing and end the beast's reign of terror, so charge up an attack and release the trigger to watch as the monster becomes temporarily weakened, typically by falling on its back.

A modern day twist on Invasion of the Body Snatchers, this is a subversive horror film that's a must - watch for anyone that's lived through the terror of high school.

The seven - episode series, written by Emmy - nominee and BAFTA - winner Sharon Horgan («Catastrophe,» «Divorce,» «Pulling»), BAFTA - winner Graham Linehan («The IT Crowd», «Count Arthur Strong,» «Father Ted»), Helen Linehan and Holly Walsh («Dead Boss»), stars BAFTA - winner Anna Maxwell Martin (Philomena, The Night Watch), Lucy Punch («A Series of Unfortunate Events», Into the Woods, «Ben and Kate»), BAFTA - nominated Diane Morgan («Cunk on Britain», Me Before You, Funny Cow) and Paul Ready (The Death of Stalin, «The Terror»).

If you want to do this material justice, however, hold off on it until the release of Planet Terror and then watch them both together — along with these little gems to make the evening complete.

A voracious cinephile, the British director shared his thoughts on some of his favorite titles in the collection, noting his love for the camera movements in Grey Gardens and the terror he felt watching Things to Come as a child.

«The adventure has involved over 70 + countries (view the list here) on 6 continents, work as a Tour Manager on board cruise ships, two years in India, experiments with meditation, muse - creation, mountain - climbing and movie acting, volunteer work, an inappropriate amount of time on tropical islands and eating inappropriate amounts of street food, a two - day kidnapping, being placed on the US «terror watch list», teaching English in Asia and a fruitless search for a pair of sandals with sufficient arch-support for my flat feet, among others.»

Shapiro noted Mandela was included on the United States» terror watch list until 2008.

And then we sat at a bar around the corner from our old apartment and I watched a bomb explode on the TV news over Husband's shoulder — a terror attack at the Boston Marathon.