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PBS on gun laws and terrorism |
| Washington Office recommends PBS show
on American's gun laws, and how they make life easy for terrorists.
Friday, Nov. 15, at 9 pm
[11-13-02]
(check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html)
from the Presbyterian Washington
Office
In America terrorists can get guns - in large part because of loopholes
in federal laws regulating firearms that have been pushed through by the
gun lobby.
A review of hundreds of federal terrorism cases
reveals a clear pattern of terrorists using the United States as an open
market for gun trafficking. But if loopholes in the gun laws are
allowing terrorists to purchase guns, why did Attorney General John
Ashcroft limit the FBI's power to use gun records to investigate
terrorism?
In "Gunland," airing Friday, November 15, at
9 p.m., on PBS (check local listings), the Center for Investigative
Reporting, KQED, and NOW with Bill Moyers investigate cases involving
gun purchases by terrorists and examine the rationale behind Ashcroft's
decision.
In the segment, NPR News and NOW correspondent Deborah
Amos focuses on the Al Fuqra group, which has links to Al Qaeda, and
Columbia's FARC guerillas, which attempted to export large quantities of
military assault weapons from the U.S. to South America.
I encourage you to invite others to join our online
post-broadcast discussion at www.pbs.org/now or by e-mailing their
thoughts on the issues to now@pbs.org.
For more information, contact:
Elenora Giddings Ivory
PC(U.S.A.)Washington Office
110 Maryland Avenue, NE, #104
Washington, DC 20002.
202-543-1126, fax 202-543-7755.
Email eivory@ctr.pcusa.org |
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