When the FBI finally got the NICS system up and running in 1998, states submitted criminal and mental health records only voluntarily. Now, decades later, it's still optional. "The Printz decision ...

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Mr. Witkin is a longtime criminal justice reporter. A litany of exasperating rituals flows from America’s regular mass shootings. One of the most frustrating is the hand-wringing that our politics is ...

WASHINGTON – The FBI has been issuing more seizure orders for guns sold to suspected prohibited buyers than at any time in the history of the federal firearm background check system, according to the ...

SYSTEM. THAT’S RIGHT, JEN. UNDER FEDERAL LAW, SOMEONE WHO HAS A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH RECORD SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE NICS DATABASE. BUT THERE’S NO MECHANISM TO DO THAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SO THAT BILL ...