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BREAKING: Convicted Felon Who Shot 3 KC Cops Passed a NICS Check

by Luis Valdes |

Aug 14, 2018 |

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On July 6, Marlin Mack shot and killed a graduate student during an attempted restaurant robbery in Kansas City, Missouri. On July 15, after a nine-day manhunt, undercover officers from the KCMO PD spotted Mack at the swanky Sky Vue Motel. KCPD Chief Rick Smith said, “He just popped up all of the sudden and engaged the officer.” […]

Dozens of airmen not reported to NICS by Air Force
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Dozens of Servicemen Not Reported to NICS by Air Force: Quote of the Day

by Dan Zimmerman |

Nov 29, 2017 |

17 comments

“The error in the (Devin) Kelley case was not an isolated incident and similar reporting lapses occurred at other locations. Although policies and procedures requiring reporting were in place, training and compliance measures were lacking.” – Air Force Official Statement in Air Force Failed to Report Dozens of Service Members to Gun Database [via nytimes.com]

More evidence that the NICS system is a nothing more than security theater.
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TTAG Daily Digest: FBI Hobbles NICS, California DOJ Stealth Anti-Gun Move and Bloomberg’s Pocket Change

by Dan Zimmerman |

Nov 23, 2017 |

22 comments

Tell us again how we need to expand the NICS system to include even private gun sales . . . Tens of thousands with outstanding warrants purged from background check database for gun purchases Tens of thousands of people wanted by law enforcement officials have been removed this year from the FBI criminal background check […]

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