The cities of New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco are suing the U.S. Department of Defense over its legal failure to report service member crimes to the FBI and national gun background check database, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.
For decades, the Pentagon has defied federal laws intended to keep firearms away from criminals like Devin Patrick Kelley, The New York Times notes. The 26-year-old was convicted of domestic assault before he purchased a rifle and killed dozens of people in Texas in November. Felonies and domestic violence convictions legally prohibit gun ownership.
The democrat-led cities’ lawsuit now seeks to prevent more “senseless carnage” by requiring the Defense Department to fix other “deadly gaps” in the background check database and comply with existing reporting laws under federal court supervision, according to Reuters. It was filed Friday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said his city “relies on this reporting when making the crucial decision whether a license-to-carry applicant should be permitted to carry a firearm.”
“We’re joining in this suit because reporting these records is absolutely critical to those decisions,” he said in a statement. “The background check system only works if it contains the proper records.”
Kind of a shame that you have to sue your own government in order to force them to provide information to keep US citizens safe.
But of course we are talking access to guns here, and the only thing more American than that is mom's homemade apple pie and using the Stars and Stripes as seat covers for your pickup truck.
Many telecommunication, security, corporations and agencies have been infected by alt rogue employees for several years. They have been watched and tracked. Smart they are not. Trapping wild boars is so easy.
ReplyDeleteI’m surprised the Idiot in Chief isn’t rolling back the few firearm regulations we have.
ReplyDeleteThe idiot in chief comments on the cold snap, "In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!"
DeleteWould he PLEASE just SHUT UP.
Mueller must be getting close
ReplyDeleteSounds like Trump and his lawyers are priming America to the realization there was collusion but it is not a crime.
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The Hill
December 28, 2017 - 10:18 PM EST
Trump: Even if there was collusion with Russia, 'it's not a crime'
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/366746-trump-even-if-there-was-collusion-with-russia-its-not-a-crime
He’s done the old “I didn’t do it but if I did it, it’s no big deal, not illegal, blah blah blah” before. That’s how you know he’s guilty. It’s one of his many tells.
DeleteThe lying piece of shit.
The Republican Party has a lot to answer for putting this asshole in the oval office and then doing everything they can to protect him so he can stay there.
One third of those that should be on the lists aren’t reported by the military. Over 30%!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.presstelegram.com/2017/12/29/long-beach-police-respond-to-active-shooting-in-bixby-knolls/
ReplyDelete"Police did not have any immediate details on what sparked the shooting. Police described it as a “workplace violence” incident."
OT:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/innocent-man-instantly-shot-by-police-after-gamer-feud-over-2-results-in-swatting-prank-at-kansas-home/