Statement·other·said 2016-06-16
“Al-Qaida operatives have said, hey, we want you to use this loophole — for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list — to attack and kill Americans.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2016-06-23Reasoning
A 2011 al-Qaida video by spokesman Adam Gadahn explicitly urged Muslims to exploit U.S. gun-show loopholes; fact-checkers could not verify additional propaganda calls beyond that single video.
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