{"id":21921,"date":"2011-01-19T07:24:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T11:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21921"},"modified":"2011-01-19T07:24:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T11:24:35","slug":"wapo-joins-schumer-in-exonerating-dupnik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21921","title":{"rendered":"WaPo joins Schumer in exonerating Dupnik"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know that Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik is hiding the fact that his department is concealing the fact that they are the reason that Jared Loughner was able to purchase a firearm because they never arrested him for things that would have resulted in his appearance in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). But Chuckie Schumer, and now the Washington Post<\/a>, is using their brand of sleight of hand to distract us from that fact by blaming the military recruiting system for not reporting Louchner’s admission that he used drugs.<\/p>\n

The Post reports this morning that it’s a Clinton-era policy, from the Reno Justice Department to shield drug users from NICS so they don’t avoid treatment;<\/p>\n

“We do get reports from the military,” said John A. Strong, the FBI section chief who oversees the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). “Although if you are trying to get into the military and flunk the drug test, that’s a voluntary test and you are exempted. The [Justice Department] has decided to exempt voluntary drug tests. They did not want to have a chilling effect on those seeking treatment.”<\/p>\n

Robyn Thiemann, deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Policy, said, “It was a policy determination that was made in the Reno administration.” She said she could not release the memo because it is an internal document. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, I guess we really don’t need NICS, since our own Justice Department has undermined the effectiveness of it.<\/p>\n

This still doesn’t let Dupnik off the hook for a minute. His department had more contact with the shooter over the last two years than the military and they knew he should have been on the NICS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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