I wonder if news like this would have even made the news 10 years ago? Probably, I supposed, given the unusual nature of the crime.

It's interesting to me that this man felt the need to purchase handguns here in the United States. What is equally of interest was the amount of time it took for the ATF to realize there might be trouble. It almost seems that if he had not come back to purchase a second gun within a two week time frame, he might have been able to get away with illegally purchasing the first pistol.

The synopsis of the case (from kansas.com) was as follows: Mohammed Ziboon, 26 returned to Wichita today to face charges against him detailed as "making false statements on federal forms". He apparently purchased two handguns (.45 caliber pistols) in a two week period from a local pawn shop.

The LIE came into play because of the fact that the man is currently wanted in Iraq for the murder of his cousin. Oh...and he's an Iraqi citizen, not American.

I guess I'm confused. WHAT IN THE HELL is an Iraqi citizen doing buying a handgun in the US in the first place? Even if he was naturalized (which he was NOT), isn't there a WAITING PERIOD on the purchase of pistols? Isn't that time supposed to be spent verifying these people?

We can't even seem to monitor and keep track of firearm sales in the US, how in the world are we supposed to halt arms shipments from Iran to Iraqi terrorists?

~Dubya