Check Background at Gun Shows
February 29, 2008 by Leticia · Leave a Comment
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Background checks aren’t perfect, as we all know. They can’t absolutely predict future behavior; the Blacksburg killer at Virginia Tech (summer, 2007) may well have passed one, for example.
No gun law, however, can claim to prevent future acts of violence. A universal check would be valuable in the sense that it would restrict access by those who go to private sellers knowing they’d fail the check at a gun shop, or at a gun show — irregardless of the “gun show loophole,” discussed later. The background checks don’t keep people with clean records from becoming violent. But they keep those with criminal+records" rel="nofollow">criminal records from evading the NICS check system we now have in place.
Gun Control - Chris Rock
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NICS - Improving Gun Control
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National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
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Brady Act Requirements
In November 1993, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 (Brady Act), Public Law 103-159, was signed into law requiring Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) to request background checks on individuals attempting to purchase a firearm. The permanent provisions of the Brady Act, which went into effect on November 30, 1998, required the Attorney General to establish the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) that any FFL may contact by telephone or by other electronic means for information, to be supplied immediately, on whether receipt of a firearm by a prospective transferee would violate section 922 (g) or (n) of title 18, United States Code, or state law.
The NICS is a national system that checks available records in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), Interstate Identification Index (III), and the NICS Index to determine if prospective purchasers are disqualified from receiving firearms.
Gun Show Background Check Act of 2001
February 29, 2008 by Leticia · Leave a Comment
Gun Show Background Check Act of 2001
Complete Text of bill S. 767
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 767
To extend Brady background checks to gun shows, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 24, 2001
Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. KERRY, Mr. CHAFEE, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. WELLSTONE, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. CARPER, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. AKAKA, and Mr. HOLLINGS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
