How does a man investigated by the FBI for possible links to terrorism buy an assault-style weapon in America? Easily.
Omar Mateen used a legally purchased AR-15-style weapon to massacre at least 49 people
in an Orlando gay club early Sunday. The FBI had looked into him twice
with inconclusive findings — not that a different result necessarily
would have mattered.
The American-born Mateen had security and firearm licenses and his guns were legally purchased within the past week.
In most states, people convicted of misdemeanor
hate crimes may still legally purchase guns. That suspected terrorists
can legally purchase weapons in the U.S. has been a fierce point of
contention in Congress and among gun-control advocates.
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