Governments mission to an international organization. those en route from one country to another. an official of a foreign government or a distinguished foreign visitor. a foreign law enforcement officer. We try to say these are categories of people which. might in the ordinary course of events have a gun. need to purchase a gun. for very legitimate purposes. Now. what about those who are there on a nonimmigrant visa for a longer period of time? I am willing to concede that some are here for maybe even years legally on nonimmigrant visas and may need a gun at some point. We even put a provision in for that. A waiver of this requirementif a person has resided in the United States for 180 days and can provide a statement to our Government from his Embassy or consulate that says he is authorized to acquire a firearm and he doesnt have a criminal record in his home country. So I think we have created exceptions which will allow those people who are here on nonimmigrant visas. who are not here to commit a crime. an opportunity to purchase or own a firearm. Yet we have said that tourists from any nation who comes in. buys a firearm. commits an act of terrorism or murder. is not welcome. We are not going to make it easy for them.
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