Under Departmental Order (DO) 556-73. An individual may obtain a copy of his/her FBI criminal identification record, upon request, for review and correction purposes, to challenge the information on record, or satisfy certain legal requirements such as a requirement for adopting a child; requirement to live, work, or travel in a foreign country; and/or other…
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Senate Passes Bills on FBI NICS Exemption and Firearm Storage
Virginia – The West Virginia Senate passed a Bill that would exempt current and valid permit to carry holders from going through the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Senate Bill 353 won unanimously by a 34 to 0 vote in favor of the Bill. The Senate Bill, introduced by state Senate…
PA School Background Check Challenged
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A recently renewed Pennsylvania law is now being challenged by school employees who has had some past run-ins with the law, and specially those who has had a criminal records. The new law states that any current school and educational facility employees must submit any arrests or convictions of serious crimes…
New Background Check Bill Passed for Safer Mentoring Programs
Passed and written by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) and passed today, House bill (2012-H7077)will make national and state criminal background check a requirement for anybody participating or applying to join in any mentoring program that involves working with students and kids. State law already requires background checks for individuals seeking…
Flaws in FBI Background Check System Fail to Flag Purchases
Like many states, Maine depends on the FBI to conduct background checks of people who want to acquire firearms from the state’s federally licensed gun dealers. And like many states, Maine is a slacker in supplying the records that the FBI depends on to run those checks. That’s how Raymond Geisel got his guns,…
Potential New Gunman Reported at Virginia Tech
Update 10:31 a.m. – August 4, 2011 Virginia Tech is in lockdown as authorities look for a man three youths said may have had a weapon, possibly a handgun. The white male was described as having light brown hair and being 6 feet tall and was walking in the direction of a volleyball court. The…
Arizona Suspected Gunman Passed FBI Criminal Background Check
Representative Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, and at least 17 others were shot on January 8, 2011, Saturday morning when a gunman opened fire outside a supermarket where Ms. Giffords was meeting with constituents. Ms. Giffords, 40, whom the authorities called the target of the attack, was in critical condition Sunday morning at the…
Osama Bin Laden is Dead, President Obama Announces
Osama Bin Laden is dead, President Obama announced Sunday night, in a televised address to the nation. His death was the result of a U.S. operation launched today in Abbottabad, Pakistan, against a compound where bin Laden was believed to be hiding, according to U.S. intelligence. After a firefight, a small team of American…
Arizona Governor Vetoes Birther and College Campus Gun Bill
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona’s Republican Governor Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed two controversial bills, one mandating proof of U.S. citizenship to run for president, the other allowing guns on college campuses, in a clear setback for conservatives who control the state legislature. Brewer, who grabbed headlines a year ago when she signed a get-tough…
President Obama Calling for Better Gun Sale Background Checks
The Second Amendment and court precedent guarantee an individual’s right to bear arms, but improved and expanded background checks are needed to prevent gun violence like the shocking attack in Tucson in January, President Obama wrote in an op-ed Sunday. Writing in the Arizona Daily Star more than two months after the shooting of…