Wrong.
It is a Federal felony for a prohibited person to even attempt to buy a gun, although there are damn few prosecutions of this offense. Look it up yourself, I'm tired of being Research Boy.
In any case, the original facts I was talking about remain:
There is considerable evidence now that Saddam was looking for uranium in 1999. Remember, this was after the inspectors had returned. His stockpile in Iraq had been confiscated.
He must have had something in mind for this material, and something in mind to go around the inspectors. What? The answers to that question are important, but nobody wants to rock the "Saddam was harmless forever" boat. Fine. Head back in the sand. It's warmer down there.