Position: The Brady Campaign supports the Terror Gap bill.

Problem: Federal authorities can't stop sales of guns — including military-style assault weapons — by dealers to known or suspected terrorists because of gaps in current law.

The Threat: There is government-documented evidence that terrorists have armed themselves with guns purchased in the U.S.

Urgency: This Terror Gap threatens our safety. We don't want to wait until after a tragedy occurs. We can do something about it now.

Solution: Congress must pass the bill to Close the Terror Gap to stop known or suspected terrorists from buying guns.

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Guns and Terror: How Terrorists Exploit Our Weak Gun Laws

Three months after September 11, 2001, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence released a report that detailed how terrorists use weak gun laws to amass firearms in the United States.

The findings in the report are still germane today: terrorists and guns go together. Firearms are part of the essential tool kit of domestic and foreign terrorists alike. Guns are used to commit terrorist acts, and guns are used by terrorists to resist law enforcement efforts at apprehension and arrest.

Click here to read the Guns and Terror report.