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Why do they make it so hard to get one? it seems like they have so many hoops you've got to jump over for people who have a genuine need for it. >> the city council in d.c. believes that law abiding people with guns make the city more dangerous. they make it as difficult as possible. >> it just seems extraordinary over 20% have been approved. >> you don't have to be a d.c. resident to get one, but because it's so hard to get it, only 16 have done it. >> thank you. meanwhile, breaking overnight. the isis thug known as jihad john identified. details about that masked man who beheaded a number ...

Officials tell fox news u.s. citizens could easily take on high-profile roles like the isis executioner, jihad john, who is a british national. three new york city arraigned this week are among a growing number of americans who are alleged isis supporters. according to court documents, the men, all in their 20s, were determined to support the terror group and launch attacks inside the u.s. if they couldn't reach syria or iraq. dni clapper also testified today, 180 americans fit a similar profile as the threat expands and fragments. >> in my 50-plus years in the intelligence business, i don't k...

>> reporter: this man dubbed jihadi john came to know about the writy with the brutal beheading video of james foley last summer. he had an english accent and likely a british nation a and featured in the beheadings of several other hostages. today, though scott land yard wouldn't con firm it several sources have named him as kuwaiti-born, london-raised mohammed emas with zpli. he lived in queens park, a mixed neighborhood in west london it is believed in this modest home and graduated from the university of westminster with a computer degree in 2009. from that moment on according to this lega...

Heartbroken parents spoke about their aid worker son executed by isis. >> our hearts are battered, but they will mend. >> please allow our small family the time and privacy to mourn, cry and, yes, forgive and begin to heal. >> reporter: kassig's alleged executioner appears to be the so-called jihad john. the same masked man with the distinctive british accent seen in other videos. this 15-minute video is different from previous ones isis has released. kassig is never shown alive and only his head is visible, leading to questions about how he actually died. one scene in which jihad john gives t...

Kassig's severed head at his feet. >> and here we are burying the first american crusader in dabiq. >> it appeared to be the same man as seen in previous isis videos. known as jihad john. the purported executioner of american journalist james foley and steven sotloff as well as two british citizens. >> does seem to be the same person. obviously inside the government working very hard to exactly identify him. >> reporter: jihad john appears in a scene in which he gives the order to behead 16 men described as syrian soldiers. unlike previous videos, the other isis fighters all showed their faces...