The Federalist Papers reports that President Obama has loosened purchasing rules on non-citizens.

WHY Did Obama LOOSEN Restrictions on Foreigners Buying Guns

A little known change was made to gun control laws but nothing that would benefit American citizens.

In 2011, the Obama Administration decided to change a 1998 law that forced foreigners to prove they lived in the country for 90 days before purchasing a firearm.

For some reason, Obama feels that United States federal law shouldn’t have ‘different gun-control rules for noncitizens.’

From AllGov:

The Obama administration has decided to eliminate a 1998 restriction on the sale of guns to foreigners, claiming federal law does not allow the government to have different gun-control rules for noncitizens.

In a letter to firearms dealers, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said it would no longer require sellers to obtain proof from foreign buyers that they have lived in the state for 90 days. The rule was originally instituted after a disturbed Palestinian, 69-year-old Ali Abu Kamal, admitted to the United States on a legal nonimmigrant visa, bought a 380-caliber Beretta semiautomatic handgun in Florida and, on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in New York City, shot to death one person and injured six others.

“The Department of Justice … has recently concluded that, as a matter of law, applying a more stringent State residency requirement for aliens legally present in the U.S. than for U.S. citizens is incompatible with the language of the [Gun Control Act],” the ATF letter reads.

So here we have a President, along with his flunky Democrat minions, DEMANDING anyone on the completely unconstitutional ‘No Fly List’ be prohibited from purchasing firearms yet they changed the rules to allow foreigners to more easily purchase firearms in this country a few years back.

Could it be so Syrians coming into the USA can go out and purchase firearms with which to carry out terror attacks?