The Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2007, Senate Bill 1237, was a proposed item of legislation requested by

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Alberto Gonzales and introduced in the

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which would have permitted the Attorney General to deny the right to purchase weapons to persons who have been identified by the administration as dangerous

terrorist Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

s. The proposal led to criticism from

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advocates concerned by the uncertain criteria by which names end up on various terror watch lists such as the U.S.

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