“To begin with, Congress should act to make sure no one on a no-fly list is able to buy a gun. What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect to buy a semi-automatic weapon? This is a matter of national security.”

—  Barack Obama

2015, Address to the Nation by the President on San Bernardino (December 2015)

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