Download or read book Gun Control and Terrorism written by Laurie E. Ekstrand and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Membership in a terrorist org. does not prohibit a person from owning a gun under current law. Thus, during presale screening of prospective firearms purchasers, the Nat. Instant Criminal Background Check System historically did not utilize terrorist watch list records. However, for homeland security & other purposes, the FBI & applicable state agencies began receiving notices when such screening involved watch lists records. This report determined: (1) how many checks have resulted in valid matches with terrorist watch list records, (2) procedures for providing federal counter-terrorism officials relevant info. from valid-match background checks, & (3) the extent to which the FBI monitors or audits the states' handling of such checks. Illus.
Download or read book Gun Control and Terrorism written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gun control and terrorism FBI could better manage firearmrelated background checks involving terrorist watch list records report to congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gao 05 127 Gun Control and Terrorism written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO-05-127 Gun Control and Terrorism: FBI Could Better Manage Firearm-Related Background Checks Involving Terrorist Watch List Records
Download or read book Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Firearm and Explosives Background Checks Involving Terrorist Watch List Records written by Eileen R. Larence and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FBI and designated state and local criminal justice agencies use the FBI's Nat. Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to conduct background checks (BC) on individuals before gun dealers may transfer any firearm to an unlicensed individual. There is no basis to automatically prohibit a person from possessing firearms or explosives because they appear on the terrorist watch list (TWL). Rather, there must be a disqualifying factor, such as a felony conviction or illegal immigration status. This report addresses: (1) the number of NICS BC involving TWL records, and the FBI's current procedures for handling these BC; and (2) has the FBI collected info. from NICS BC involving TWL records and shared this info. with counterterrorism officials? Illus.
Download or read book Gun Control and Terrorism written by United States Government Accountability and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-14 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Terrorist Watchlist Screening FBI Has Enhanced Its Use of Information from Firearm and Explosives Background Checks to Support Counterterrorism Efforts written by Eileen R. Larence and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Membership in a terrorist organization does not prohibit a person from possessing firearms or explosives under current federal law. However, for homeland security and other purposes, the FBI is notified when a firearm or explosives background check involves an individual on the terrorist watchlist. This statement addresses: (1) how many checks have resulted in matches with the terrorist watchlist; (2) how the FBI uses information from these checks for counterterrorism purposes; and (3) pending legislation that would give the Attorney General authority to deny certain checks. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Gun Controls written by Laurie E. Ekstrand and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about the effectiveness of the Brady Act's phase I (P1) & phase II (P2) provisions in preventing the sale of firearms to prohibited individuals. Addresses the following: (1) regarding access to databases or other information sources for conducting background checks to identify individuals prohibited by law from receiving firearms, how does P1 compare with P2? (2) What are the advantages & disadvantages of NICS background checks being conducted by a designated agency vs. such checks being conducted by the FBI? (3) to what extent have default proceeds resulted in forearms being sold to prohibited individuals? Charts & tables.
Download or read book Terrorists and Guns written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gun Control written by Randolph C. Hite and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides info. on a wide variety of topics related to the permanent provisions (phase II) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. On Nov. 30, 1998, the Brady Act's permanent provisions went into effect with implementation of the Nat. Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Managed by the FBI, this computerized system is used to make presale background checks for purchases from Federal firearms licensees of all firearms, not just handguns. This report focuses on background checks conducted by the FBI's NICS Office. Presents info. on 4 topics: statistics on background checks, NICS operations; denials, & appeals; enforcement actions; & pawnshop issues.
Download or read book Gun Control written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " The 2007 Virginia Tech shootings raised questions about how the gunman was able to obtain firearms given his history of mental illness. In the wake of this tragedy, the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 was enacted to, among other things, provide incentives for states to make more records available for use during firearm-related background checks. GAO was asked to assess the extent to which (1) states have made progress in making mental health records available for use during NICS checks and related challenges, (2) states have made progress in making unlawful drug records available and related challenges, (3) DOJ is administering provisions in the act to reward and penalize states based on the amount of records they provide, and (4) states are providing a means for individuals with a precluding mental health adjudication or commitment to seek relief from the associated federal firearms prohibition. GAO reviewed laws and regulations, analyzed Federal Bureau of Investigation data from 2004 to 2011 on mental health and unlawful drug use records, interviewed officials from a nongeneralizable sample of 6 states (selected because they provided varying numbers of records) to obtain insights on challenges, and interviewed officials from all 16 states that had legislation as of May 2012 that allows individuals to seek relief from their federal firearms prohibition. "
Download or read book Gun Control written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " The FBI and designated state and local criminal justice agencies use the FBI's NICS to conduct background checks on individuals seeking to obtain firearms. Persons prohibited by federal law from possessing firearms include individuals who have domestic violence records that meet federal disqualifying criteria. Under federal law, firearm dealers may transfer a firearm to an individual if the FBI has not made a proceed or denial determination within 3 business days. GAO was asked to review NICS checks involving domestic violence records. This report (1) describes the extent to which states identify domestic violence records that prohibit an individual from obtaining a firearm and (2) evaluates the extent to which NICS checks involving domestic violence records are completed before firearm transfers take place and any related challenges in completing these checks. GAO reviewed laws and regulations; analyzed FBI data from 2006 through 2015 on domestic violence records that states submitted to the FBI, FBI total checks and denial determinations, and DOJ firearm retrieval actions; and interviewed officials from DOJ and eight states (chosen based on number of domestic violence records submitted to NICS and other factors). State interview results are not generalizable but provide insights on state practices. "
Download or read book Terrorist Watch List Screening and Brady Background Checks for Firearms written by William J Krouse and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The November 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, TX, renewed interest in terrorist watchlist screening and Brady background checks for firearms through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (P.L. 103-159), in November 1998 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) activated NICS for the purposes of determining an individual's firearms transfer and possession eligibility whenever a private person seeks to acquire a firearm from a federally licensed gun dealer. Prior to February 2004, however, the FBI did not conduct terrorist watchlist queries as part of the Brady background checks because being a known or suspected terrorist was not a disqualifying factor for firearms transfer and possession eligibility; nor is it today under current law.
Download or read book Federal Bureau of Investigation s Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Practices written by Glenn A. Fine and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The governments consolidated terrorist watchlist was created in March 2004 by merging previously separate watchlists that were once maintained by different gov¿t. agencies. The watchlist is managed by the FBI. As of Dec. 31, 2008, the terrorist watchlist contained more than 1.1 million known or suspected terrorist identities. This report: (1) determines whether subjects of FBI terrorism invest. are appropriately and timely watchlisted and if these records are updated with new info; (2) determines whether subjects of closed FBI terrorism invest. are removed from the terrorist watchlist in a timely manner; and (3) examines the FBI¿s watchlist nomination practices for individuals that were not associated with current terrorism case designations. Illustrations.
Download or read book Gun Control written by William J. Krouse and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) administers a computer system of systems that is used to query federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial criminal history record information (CHRI) and other records to determine an individual's firearms transfer/receipt and possession eligibility. This FBI-administered system is the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). NICS, or parallel state systems, must be checked and the pending transfer approved by the FBI or state point of contact before a federally licensed gun dealer may transfer a firearm to any customer who is not also a federally licensed gun dealer. Current federal law does not require background checks for intrastate (same state), private-party firearms transactions between nondealers, though such checks are required under several state laws. In the 116th Congress, the House of Representatives passed three bills that would expand federal firearms background check requirements and firearms transfer/receipt and possession ineligibility criteria related to domestic violence.
Download or read book Gun control potential effects of nextday destruction of NICS background check records written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The information about how the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) would be affected if records related to sales of firearms by licensed dealers were destroyed within 24 hours after the transfers were allowed to proceed. Under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, licensed dealers generally are not to transfer firearms to an individual until a NICS search determines that the transfer will not violate applicable federal or state law.2 For instance, persons prohibited by federal law from receiving a firearm include convicted felons, fugitives, unlawful drug users, and aliens illegally or unlawfully in the United States. However, if the background check is not completed within 3 business days, the dealer is not prohibited from transferring the firearm. Under current NICS regulations, records of "allowed" firearms sales can be retained for up to 90 days in a computer database (i.e., the NICS audit log) after which the records must be destroyed.2 The audit log contains information related to each background check requested by a licensed firearms dealer, including the NICS response (e.g., proceed or denied) and the history of all activity related to the transaction. According to the NICS regulations, information on allowed firearms sales is used only for purposes related to ensuring the proper operation of the system or conducting audits of the use of the system. Operational uses include evaluating system performance, identifying and resolving operational problems, generating statistical reports, and supporting the appeals process. System audits, in general, are designed to (1) monitor internal employee performance and adherence to established procedures and (2) discover misuse, e.g., unauthorized checks, or avoidance of the system.
