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FBI could upgrade background checks to prevent sale of guns to underage buyers

Print National Desk The FBI has agreed to consider modifying its criminal background check system after the Justice Department s inspector general found the system did not cross-check the buyer s age with legal requirements of their home state, according to a report released on Thursday. Under federal law, customers are not allowed to buy firearms, specifically a rifle or a shotgun, in a jurisdiction that is different from the address listed on their identification unless the customer s age is legal in both the state of sale and where the person lives, according to the report. The findings stem from an Office of Inspector General s audit that was launched, in part, after Colorado lawmakers asked the agency to probe the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which is used by licensed federal firearms sellers and other retailers, after an 18-year-old purchased a shotgun in Colorado even though she was a resident in Florida, which prohibits the sale of

Sen Shelley Moore Capito visits FBI center in Clarksburg

PHOTO BY SEN. CAPITO S OFFICE U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., tours Fairmont State’s Aviation Center for Excellence in Bridgeport on Friday. PHOTO BY SEN. CAPITO S OFFICE CLARKSBURG — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito made two stops in Harrison County on Friday. The Republican senator toured the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division and the Fairmont State University Aviation Center for Excellence. At the FBI facility, Capito got a first-hand look inside the command and technology centers and received a briefing on CJIS’ National Instant Criminal Background Check System. In June, CJIS staff conducted 3,054,726 NICS checks making it the second highest June in the history of the system.

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