Badly flawed background check system fails to contain firearms sales

By Rick Schmitt

Center story detailed loopholes in current system

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Current gun debate may not help beleaguered ATF

By Alan Berlow

As firearm ownership rises, Florida gun murders increase

By Eric Barton and Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

ATF's struggle to close down firearms dealers

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After Sandy Hook shootings, NRA campaign clout still formidable

By Joe Eaton

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Instant Criminal Background Check System":

"… d checks on gun purchases, but a host of obstacles remain to improving the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that grew out of the landmark Brady Act back in the early 1990s. The deal …"

"… w. Four years ago, after the massacre at Virginia Tech exposed gaps in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), Congress and the Bush administration took decisive action to shore …"

On anniversary of Virginia Tech shooting, law to close loophole hasn't accomplished much

By Gordon Witkin

Federal law designed to improve access to mental health records has proved disappointing.

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Tucson shooter was troubled, but could still buy a gun

By Kimberly Leonard

Badly flawed background check system fails to contain firearms sales

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Despite Tucson and rising needs, mental health takes a back budget seat

By Amy Biegelsen

After years of effort, Illinois finds traction in meeting needs of mentally ill youth

By Ed Finkel, Dick Mendel and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Excerpts from this story referencing "National Instant Criminal Background Check System":

"… ple who’d been judged mentally ill from buying firearms. Trouble is, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) established by the Brady Law hadn’t included thousands of relevan …"