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Fix NICS was on greased rails in Washington D.C., headed for certain passage. Now that bill appears dead, and I can't say I'm sorry to see it die.

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We expect such overblown, gun-grab agenda-advancing hysteria from USA Today.

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I received a call from one of Virginia's Representatives letting me know that Republican leadership has combined H.R. 38 with H.R. 4434 (which is the "Fix NICS Act").

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Once you give these things up without a fight, what will be next?  Because there will be a “next.”

The post Enabling ‘Baby Steps’ on Guns leads to Bottom of Pelosi’s ‘Slippery Slope’ appeared first on AmmoLand.com.

More than 1.6 million disqualifying records were added into the federal background check system index in 2016, according to a report released last month.

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Despite six years of lobbying efforts and successful legislation in 16 states, the campaign to “Fix NICS” continues coming up short, a federal audit finds.

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The number of records in the FBI's background check system on those with mental issues has doubled in the past three years after intense efforts to reform the program.

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is asking federal authorities to open a full investigation into how a movie theater murderer with a checkered past was able to legally buy his gun.

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Sheriff report shows NICS checks are superior to our archaic permit system at keeping criminals from getting guns. . .

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With almost all those denied purchases of guns being false positives, adding more names to the systems will primarily result in more false positives...

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According to FBI data released this week, the number of firearms prohibiting mental health records submitted to the federal background checks database from the states has climbed 10 percent in six months.

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On Thursday, Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed a bill into law that would order the state to transmit the information of those involuntarily committed to NICS.

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