Investment Into Background Checks
Investment Into Background Checks
It has been just a week since an investment over $75 million was requested to be invested into criminal background checks by a coalition of lawmakers. The formal request was put into place as part of the 2018 bill for appropriations. The written request was signed by almost 200 lawmakers to upgrade and improve their current records as well as a means to create ‘relief from disabilities’ which will mean that people who currently are no longer allowed to own or use a gun due to being mentally defective but are no longer a danger are able to get their right back.
It is important to keep Americans safe by ensuring dangerous weapons do not get into the hands of people that should not have them. In order to check this people who are deemed a danger have their names in the background check systems. Unfortunately these systems are backlogged with names that are yet to be added although they have been deemed to be a danger. This means that they can still obtain firearms until their names are added to the system.
Between the years of 2009 and 2013 a pledge was made to implement to the act using a 2.125 billion dollar pledge however under 6% has been used to date. Although it is understood that there are constraints on budgets it is a priority to keep citizens of America safe by spending as much as is necessary to stop guns getting in the hands of people that have already been deemed too dangerous. For background screening contact United Screening.