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from this article. Fuck you.
shows how ridiculous this debate is. $5 says this is one of those things the NRA supports publicly but works behind the scenes to ensure these initiatives go nowhere so nutjobs can still get their guns.
some of the most insane points from the article:
shows how ridiculous this debate is. $5 says this is one of those things the NRA supports publicly but works behind the scenes to ensure these initiatives go nowhere so nutjobs can still get their guns.
some of the most insane points from the article:
The GAO also found that 19 states have received “waivers” from the Justice Department to allow some people with court-recorded histories of mental illness to buy guns, “such that the person will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety and that the granting of relief would not be contrary to the public interest.”
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“DOJ and state officials identified technological, legal, and other challenges that hinder states’ ability to make these records available,” the GAO reported. The agency said one obstacle was that states need specific enabling legislation before sharing government records with the FBI, due to privacy concerns. Another obstacle was that some states weren’t using modern electronic communication tools to report to the FBI, but just mailed a CD every six months.
These hurdles are little more than excuses that mask a lack of political will to have an effective background check program, according to the handful of states that have made the screening a priority—and updated their laws and information systems accordingly.
Eight states—Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio and Oregon—all “more than doubled their numbers of mental health records” in the national database between October 2011 and October 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, some of those states, like Delaware, which now lists 18,700 mental health records, did not report anything until its governor, Democrat Jack Markell, made participation a priority for his administration. “It was ridiculous that we have this information and we weren’t reporting it,” he told the newspaper.
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“DOJ and state officials identified technological, legal, and other challenges that hinder states’ ability to make these records available,” the GAO reported. The agency said one obstacle was that states need specific enabling legislation before sharing government records with the FBI, due to privacy concerns. Another obstacle was that some states weren’t using modern electronic communication tools to report to the FBI, but just mailed a CD every six months.
These hurdles are little more than excuses that mask a lack of political will to have an effective background check program, according to the handful of states that have made the screening a priority—and updated their laws and information systems accordingly.
Eight states—Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio and Oregon—all “more than doubled their numbers of mental health records” in the national database between October 2011 and October 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, some of those states, like Delaware, which now lists 18,700 mental health records, did not report anything until its governor, Democrat Jack Markell, made participation a priority for his administration. “It was ridiculous that we have this information and we weren’t reporting it,” he told the newspaper.
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