MaverickNH
NES Member
Aldermen pass bill to require police to be notified when gun buyer fails background check
A bill requiring St. Louis gun dealers to alert police when a firearms purchase is denied because of a criminal background check is the latest step in addressing violence in
“A bill requiring St. Louis gun dealers to alert police when a firearms purchase is denied because of a criminal background check is the latest step in addressing violence in a city beset by gun crimes...Supporters of the bill say similar laws have worked in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington and Louisiana.”
I missed this one in St Louis and didn’t know of such similar laws in four other states. With the high 90%+ rate of false-positive NICS denials, what purpose does this serve? A DOJ report found some 90% of guns used by criminals came from other than retail FFLs, gun shows, etc.
And in Illinois, those with revoked FOID cards are supposed to turn their guns in.
“You have to remember, they revoked those FOID cards for all kinds of different reasons,” Watson said. “The other thing is, they (State Police) make a lot of mistakes with FOID cards” during data entry. “People bring their paperwork in here and say, ‘Here it all is, they revoked my FOID card.’” Watson said his office tries to help people who have mistakenly had their cards revoked, or get them to the right people to get their cards back. He estimated about 25% of revocations are in error. Watson said his department does not go and retrieve revoked FOID cards because it is a state program, and because the sheriff’s office doesn’t have the manpower.”
This echos the Red Flag Law debacle where state laws mandate action against individuals without probable cause and due process, with Sheriffs simply using discretion to enforce when and where prudent.
