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It’s officially the biggest year ever for background checks
December 07, 2016 - Federal background checks for gun sales in 2016 hit 24.7 million after another record-breaking month in November. The FBI processed 2,561,281 applications for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System last month — making it the biggest November in the system’s 18-year history and the second busiest month for checks this year. This year’s background checks, a known proxy for gun sales nationwide, exceed the 2015 total by more than 1.6 million, a 7 percent increase overall. Checks for long guns surged 29 percent over October and more than 67 percent over February — the biggest single month this year for background checks, according to federal data. ...
Gun Background Checks Hit Record Number on Black Friday
December 05, 2016 - Gun background checks in the U.S. hit a record number on Black Friday, the FBI said. The bureau processed 185,713 background checks...
Suicide Experts Urge States to Tweak Background Check Laws to Account for Emergency Gun Transfers
November 29, 2016 - A new paper argues that current policies can leave family members and friends unclear about how to legally remove a firearm from an individual in c...
The Background Investigator's Speakers
November 28, 2016 - Announcing Great Speakers For Clearwater January 2017 THROWBACK SCREENING Bruce Berg Barry Nixon Steven Brownstein These 3 alon...
Study Finds Workers with Criminal Records No Worse than Non-Offenders
November 24, 2016 - Researchers at Northwestern University have released a study entitled ‘Criminal Background and Job Performance’ that found employees wi...
More than 1 in 4 employers do not conduct background checks of new employees
November 23, 2016 - According to a survey done by CareerBuilder, most employers (72 percent) background check every new employee before they are hired. However, more t...
Nevada narrowly OKs tighter gun background checks
November 22, 2016 - Voters have approved an initiative to tighten gun background checks in Nevada. The vote totals were: * Yes - 558,586...
How U.S. Gun Control Compares to the Rest of the World
November 15, 2016 - In June the Charleston killings renewed the sporadic debates over whether gun control might have prevented this terrible tragedy. Four months on, t...
Nearly Half of Americans Are Now Covered By Universal Gun Background Checks, But Giant Loopholes Rem
November 14, 2016 - Private transactions, exceedingly slow reviews, and laws that don’t recognize the threat from abusers all pose steep challenges to keeping fi...
Man wins nearly $3.6M verdict after background-check goofs
November 09, 2016 - The Gainesville jury found that First Advantage Background Services violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act when it twice misidentified Richard Will...
FBI Releases October Background Check Numbers
November 07, 2016 - The FBI has released their October report from the National Instant Background Check System (NICS). A total of 2,333,539 gun-related...
Black Women With Criminal Records Face Pervasive Housing Discrimination in D.C.
November 02, 2016 - Despite its history as Chocolate City, the District sees housing discrimination based on race, even when black and white residents have similar cri...
Question 3: Universal background check
October 27, 2016 - In November, voters will decide if background checks will be required before a firearm sale or transfer can occur between individuals who are not l...
Background Checks for Ammunition Purchases - Proposition 63
October 17, 2016 - Californians will vote on a new proposal to change background checks for those purchasing ammunition when they decide on Proposition 63. ...
Expanding background checks top voted question for second presidential debate
October 12, 2016 - The votes are mounting for moderators to question presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton about where they stand on expanding back...
Uber and Lyft drivers will now have to complete a full criminal background check
October 06, 2016 - People who use ride-sharing apps trust drivers to take them to their destinations safely. Although the vast majority of rides are completed with no...
Unemployment high among those with criminal records
September 29, 2016 - For the many Floridians concerned that outdated criminal justice laws are endangering public safety and ruining people’s lives, it’s he...
SUNY to Ban the Box for Criminal Convictions on Student Applications
September 23, 2016 - The State University of New York (SUNY) – a system of public institutions of higher education in New York state – has voted to pass a B...
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