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  • Massacre Shooter Bought Gun Online with no Background Check

      The perpetrator of a massacre of three women, was able to buy his firearms from an online store, without having to go through any kind of background check or any type of records check whatsoever. Radcliffe Haughton, killed and shot three women at a health spa in Brookfield, Milaukee. One of the victims was…

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  • TSA Airport Security Hires Accused Child Molester

      After the 9-11 attack, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), funded by billions annually and employing 65,000 employees is again under fire for the hiring of a defrocked priest accused of child molesting as a security officer at a major United States airport. A Philadelphia newspaper published the reports about the former priest who got…

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  • Nevada Courts Not Complying with Gun Ban Law for Mentally Ill

      A new law, that requires courts submit names of individuals who have been through the system with mental health issues, to the state so that their names be added to the FBI database that disqualifies buyers from buying and possessing firearms. A Northern Nevada court failed to comply with the new law as reported…

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  • Post Aurora – Firearm Mental Health Disqualification Issues

      After the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, it is now obvious that regardless of whether people underwent all the necessary criminal background checks when purchasing firearms in this country, the guns still make their way to mentally unstable individuals. This is because, screening for mental health and mental instability is voluntary at best. Although…

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  • President Obama Calling for Action Against Gun Violence After Massacre

      In a high profile public speech Wednesday night, President Obama called for stricter firearm background checks, to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally unstable, after the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater. The president said to make “common sense” steps in order to reduce gun related violence throughout…

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  • Gun Sale Background Checks Increase Dramatically After Batman Massacre

      In the three days following the shooting at an Aurora theater during a Batman film, there has been a dramatic increase in total gun sales and gun background checks in the state of Colorado. After friday’s massacre, the shooting that resulted in the death of 12 people and the injury of 58 others, 2,887…

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  • Batman Movie Massacre Sparks Gun Law Debate Anew

      Colorado – the Aurora, Colorado, theater massacre also coined as the “Batman Movie Massacre” was a devastating wake up call for better firearm background checks. Less than a day ago, a then unknown gunman, dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armour and a gas mask, killed 12 people inside an Aurora movie…

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  • Police Chiefs Association Lobby for Better Federal Gun Laws

    Police chiefs throughout Wisconsin are asking the federal government to reform its gun laws. This week, individuals affiliated with the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association are sharing their concerns with candidates for U.S. Senate, hoping the winner will push to get a more comprehensive criminal background check system. Doug Pettit is the police chief in…

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  • Social Network Employment Background Screening Decreases Likelihood of Job Applications

      In a recent study presented at the 27th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology in North Carolina State University, research shows that companies that require or employ social network and social media background check through websites like facebook and twitter have been found to reduce the attractiveness to job applicants and likelihood of…

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  • VA One-Gun-a-Month Policy Buried, Focus now on Background Checks

      The law that limited buyers to one firearm purchase per month and has ended Virginia’s reputation as the source for arsenals in the east coast is now gone. The law, which was by Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, was put into permanent repeal by the Republic-run General Assembly. Now anyone can go into any licensed…

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