{"id":75800,"date":"2017-11-07T08:02:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75800"},"modified":"2017-11-07T08:34:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:34:31","slug":"nics-garbage-in-garbage-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=75800","title":{"rendered":"NICS: Garbage in; Garbage out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, we talked<\/a> about the Sutherland Springs, Texas shooter, whatever his name was. We speculated whether or not he had correctly answered the questions on the ATF Form 4473 when he purchased his firearms and whether or not he popped hot on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check at the point of sale. <\/p>\n

Our buddy, Susan Keating at People<\/a> reports that he wasn’t flagged at the point of sale;<\/p>\n

Kelley purchased two weapons legally from a Texas sporting goods store.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on information we received from law enforcement, we confirmed that the suspect purchased two firearms from two San Antonio locations, one in 2016 and one in 2017,\u201d a representative of Academy Sports + Outdoors said in a statement to PEOPLE.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also confirmed that both sales were approved by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS),\u201d the company said. \u201cWe are cooperating with law enforcement as they investigate further.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to NBC News<\/a>, he didn’t get flagged on the NICS check because Air Force Office of Special Investigations never put the information about his court martial conviction for domestic abuse into the system;<\/p>\n

In 2012, Kelley was convicted at general court-martial on two charges of assault, the Air Force said. A retired Air Force colonel who supervised prosecutors when Kelley was tried said Kelley was convicted of fracturing his baby stepson’s skull and assaulting his first wife, Tessa, at Holloman.<\/p>\n

He was confined for a year, given a bad conduct discharge and reduced in rank to E-1, or airman basic, Stefanek said.<\/p>\n

Kelley’s name should have been entered in the National Criminal Information Center, Stefanek said, but the Special Investigations Office at Holloman failed to transmit the domestic violence charges. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to sources, only 80% of criminals get their names entered into the NICS system across the country. We here at TAH have been complaining about this since the Gabby Giffords shooting, when the shooter in that tragedy should have been arrested for his violent behavior and should have been flagged in the NICS system, but police failed to arrest him. <\/p>\n

In fact, most of the shooters in high-profile mass shootings should have been unable to buy weapons because of their mental state or prior criminal activities. Liberals complain about universal background checks, but what good is background checks if the database is incomplete?<\/p>\n

In January, 2016, President Obama made a big deal about his Executive Orders in regards to gun control<\/a>. He boasted that his Attorney General would coordinate with states and law enforcement agencies to make the NICS more reliable. He added agents to the payroll and dumped money into the system and still we get Sutherland Springs.<\/p>\n

I fully support background checks, I don’t want criminals to be armed with legally-purchased guns. However if the government is just going to make grand gestures that don’t accomplish anything, what good are background checks? <\/p>\n

Legislators like mass shootings, even when the laws fail to prevent those shootings – they can write more laws they don’t intend to enforce, so they can write even more laws and look like they’re “doing something” to make us safer – feathering their own political nests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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