Frank Lautenberg: “I rise to introduce some legislation I consider an emergency because it overrides a misguided policy that threatens our…”

“I rise to introduce some legislation I consider an emergency because it overrides a misguided policy that threatens our homeland security and exposes our Nation to more vulnerable terrorist attacks. The legislation I am introducing today is called the Terrorist Apprehension Act, and it is cosponsored by Senators Schumer, Feinstein, Corzine, and Reed of Rhode Island. This bill directs the administration to do all it can to apprehend potential terrorists within our borders. Sometimes they do things that defy common sense and are simply hard to believe. This is one of the most outrageous disclosures yet. We have found out if someone on a terrorist watch list--someone who is a potential threat to communities across the country--goes ahead, buys a weapon, applies for a permit to buy a gun, and that information is logged into the gun background check system, the Attorney General has ordered the gun background check system not alert or even be allowed to share critical information with law enforcement concerning the whereabouts of the terrorist--not to give it to the FBI or the ATF or any of the law enforcement agencies. I have to say, this is a mind-boggling policy.”