National Air Force identifies dozens of failures to relay criminal info to firearms database

[Joe Link]

The Air Force said Tuesday that it has found "several dozen" instances where records were not properly relayed to the appropriate databases, following a review launched in the wake of revelations that the military criminal history of Texas church shooter Devin Kelley had not been properly relayed by the Air Force to the appropriate databases, which would have prevented Kelley from purchasing a firearm.

"So far we've corrected several dozen records since the review began," Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek told CNN.

The Air Force launched a review of all cases following the revelation that Kelley's information had not been properly sent to the appropriate civilian law enforcement agencies. The Department of Defense announced its own review the same day. Kelley killed 25 people and an unborn child at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, earlier this month.

Stefanek said the Air Force is reviewing some 60,000 cases dating to 2002 to determine whether all the records were properly relayed to civilian authorities.

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[notazombie]

Good start. Now keep fixing it.

 

[Dungannon]

how many dozens?

 

[pchewn]

Good start. Now keep fixing it.

Don't need to fix it. What needs to happen is to stop trying to make a list of who's naughty and nice. As far as I'm concerned every adult who is not currently in prison or in a mental hospital should be allowed to own a gun. Let's control the "bad people" by limiting their access to EVERYTHING, not just guns.

If you've been in prison and are now out you should be free, with all rights.

Of course if you get out on parole, you can enter an agreement with the parole board to abide by certain conditions (job, no drink, get help, don't own a gun) -- in trade for early probationary release.

Then we wouldn't need these stupid background checks -- everyone who is out free can buy a gun.

 

[notazombie]

I actually agree on many of your points. There are too many lists and I think a lot more people are prohibited than should be. But under the current system, a BGC is only as good as the reporting and there are those in the military bureaucracy that aren't doing their job. I'm not sure if it's intentional cover-up or laziness on the part of the military in that regard.
I married into a military family, mostly USAF. my (recently) ex brother in law was a wife beating drunk criminal who managed to get 20+ years in before being medically discharged for mental/emotional issues. He immediately went right back to work in a very similar position as a civilian working for...the USAF. How someone can pull retirement, disability, and continue to work in the same capacity is a mystery to me. An absolutely shady and unstable POS. Oh, by the way, he probably has more guns than most of the members here. I doubt that would be the case if there was proper reporting.