If the background checks can be accomplished in three days because of cuts in funding that don't allow fully staffed offices, then the background check system is effectively defunded.
August 27, 2018
By Bill Hutchinson
..."The suspect clearly targeted other gamers (click here) that were in a back room at the Chicago Pizza participating in this gaming tournament," Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said of Katz at a news conference Monday afternoon. "The suspect walked passed patrons who were in other parts of the business and focused his attention on the gamers."
Meanwhile, court records obtained by ABC News in Baltimore from a divorce and child custody battle between Katz's parents show that Katz was treated in 2011 for mental health issues and that his mother informed the court that her son was suffering from depression and "affective disorders." Records also show that David Katz was once prescribed the antidepressants Risperdal and Fluoxetine....
February 12, 2018
Washington, DC — Today, Giffords, (click here) the gun violence prevention organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Navy combat veteran and NASA astronaut Captain Mark Kelly, responded to President Trump’s budget announcement, which includes a 16% cut to grants for states to upload prohibiting records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the databases that allow gun dealers to quickly ascertain whether a potential purchaser falls into a prohibited category before going through with a gun sale. National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) and NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) grants are critical funding sources that have proven instrumental to states’ ability to report prohibiting records to NICS, particularly prohibiting domestic violence records. The FY 2017 omnibus funded these programs at $73 million. President Trump’s proposed budget cut funding for FY 2019 down to $61 million....
