Virginia Tech shootings show flaws in federal database system: "Since 1968, federal law has prohibited the sale of guns to anyone adjudged mentally ill. But more than half of the states cannot - or will not - supply the necessary mental-health records to the FBI database that is used to conduct background checks on potential gun buyers.
That could change after last week’s shootings at Virginia Tech. The U.S. House is considering a bill that would encourage states to share mental-health records with the federal government by giving them more than $1 billion in grants to help cover the costs."
Thursday, April 26, 2007
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