I wonder how easy it was for the Boston Terrorists to buy guns and gunpowder.

[jpak]

I wonder what kind of guns they used in their shoot-out with police.

Questions...

yup

[PearliePoo2]

1. You can bet this will be looked at in depth.

as it should.

[lastlib]

3. ...and 46 Senators will do absolutely NOTHING!

Forty-six Senators will say "NO!"

[lastlib]

2. until the bombs went off, they were "law-abiding citizens"..........

they probably didn't even go thru a background check--thank you, Wayne..........

[Jenoch]

4. Were they citizens?

[lastlib]

5. really not a question to the bullet-heads........

If they could sell 'em a gun, take the money to the bank. "We didn't know they was Terra-ists".......

[Jenoch]

6. You are painting with a pretty broad brushstroke.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

7. IDK but...

...clearly we need to come up with a list on which they should have been listed. The purpose of said list being, among other things, that they would've had to buy their firearms illegally.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

10. There is a thread along those lines here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022707771

It speaks for itself

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

13. Oh sure

I know it well:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022707771#post49

[jpak]

8. Apparently legal permanent residents

but they got guns and gunpowder.

yup

[ProgressiveProfessor]

11. Do we know that is was gun powder or black powder at this time?

[jpak]

12. There was a report on Monday that it was smokeless powder

n/t

[ProgressiveProfessor]

14. Per another post that cited MSNBC, at least one was a naturalized citizen

My bet was smokeless powder, though one of the many idiot pols in the media said there was a tracer on the explosive. Others were fairly sure it was black powder.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

9. I saw in a post here on DU that at least one of them was naturalized in 2007

No cited source.

[beevul]

16. Other than the whole "denied citizenship"...

Other than the whole "denied citizenship" due to domestic violence conviction, and therefore unable to legally possess a firearm thing...

You're absolutely right.

[gejohnston]

15. legally?

impossible. Being a MA resident, he would need a license and no gun store in any other state would sell a handgun to him. BTW, the reports I read said he was 19.

illegally? Just flash some more cash to the guy that delivers the pot and coke to the parties.