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Boston Marathon Bombers Broke Gun Laws to Acquire Weapons

By AWR HawkinsBoston Marathon Bombers Broke Gun Laws to Acquire Weapons

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Washington DC - -(Ammoland.com)- Less than a week after the push by Democrats push for more gun control went down in flames in the Senate, Reuters is reporting the suspected Boston Marathon bombers ignored gun laws that are already on the books in possessing the firearms they used in shootouts with the police.

According to Reuters, "The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, who police say engaged in a gun battle early Friday after a frenzied manhunt, were not licensed to own guns in the towns where they lived."

This means the handguns and "at least one rifle" the brothers had with them were acquired and possessed in ways that broke laws already in existence.

For example, to have acquired and possessed the firearms legally, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder brother, would have first needed "to apply for a gun license with the local police department where he lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts."

In Massachusetts, a Firearms Identification Card (FID) is required before buying, transporting, or possessing a firearm.

Another example of how new gun control laws will not deter criminals who have been ignoring the old laws for years.

About: AWR Hawkins writes for all the BIG sites, for Pajamas Media, for RedCounty.com, for Townhall.com and now AmmoLand Shooting Sports News.

His southern drawl is frequently heard discussing his take on current events on radio shows like America's Morning News, the G. Gordon Liddy Show, the Ken Pittman Show, and the NRA's Cam & Company, among others. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal (summer 2010), and he holds a PhD in military history from Texas Tech University.

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