Background History Check | Background Check News for 04/21/2009

Brophy's gun-show bill alive but hurting (The Fort Morgan Times)
DENVER EUR” District 1 Sen. Greg Brophy finally won Senate passage Friday of his bill to remove the requirement for a second background check at gun shows for buyers who already hold a permit to carry a concealed weapon...

Guest columnist 10 years after Columbine, raise voices against gun . - Seattle Times

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Guest columnist 10 years after Columbine, raise voices against gun .
Seattle Times, United States
Background-check reform and a renewal of the assault-weapons ban would go a long way toward keeping our communities safer by helping curb access to firearms by our youth, individuals at risk of suicide and criminals. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, .
Video: 1,000 Gather to Remember Columbine Victims The Associated Press

Columbine at 10: Guns 'R Us New America Media
Ten years after Columbine High massacre, are Dallas-Fort Worth . Dallas Morning News
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TBI to report outstanding warrants in school employee background . - WVLT

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TBI to report outstanding warrants in school employee background .
WVLT, TN
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation does not tell a school district whether to hire an applicant based on what it's uncovered in a criminal background check, according to TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm. Knox County Public Schools does not have a policy .
TBI Adds Warrants To Background Checks WDEF News 12
Sex case prompts TBI to expand teacher checks The Tennessean
TBI adds warrant search to teacher backgrounds WZTV
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All Tenn. school applicants to submit to strict background check (WMCTV Memphis)
Police recently arrested a Tennessee teacher wanted for a sex crime against children. Now, that arrest means every educator who wants a job inside a state school must pass a much stricter background check...

Credit Check Ban (WYTV Youngstown)
With the unemployment rate in Ohio at it's highest in over 20 years, more people are hitting the pavement looking for a job. On many applications, you will be informed that your credit history could be accessed in the application process. Trumbull County One Stop Administrator Bill Turner says this type of background check has been going on for a long time. "There are some that do a credit ...

Brophy's gun-show bill alive but hurting - Fort Morgan Times

Brophy's gun-show bill alive but hurting
Fort Morgan Times, CO
Greg Brophy finally won Senate passage Friday of his bill to remove the requirement for a second background check at gun shows for buyers who already hold a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The passage of House Bill 1180, however, didn't happen .

Background check is process, not politics - The Herald-Times (subscription)

Background check is process, not politics
The Herald-Times (subscription), IN
In regards to Laura Lane's recent article on the nomination of Dawn Johnsen to head the US Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, Lane wrote that some of Johnsen's neighbors found the FBI's background questions EURœunnerving. .

Church won't host homeless shelter that doesn't do sex offender checks - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Church won't host homeless shelter that doesn't do sex offender checks
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Redeemer's spokeswoman Rebecca Butler said the church asked SHARE to check residents against a registry of Level 3 sex offenders. She said some people felt the request was "reasonable," considering that background checks are generally required for new .
Report: Church won't host homeless shelter My Ballard
Sex Offender Checks Wedge Between Church, Homeless Shelter Church Solutions
Readers criticize Seattle churches for turning away homeless Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Firearm sales surging since Obama's election - Chicago Sun-Times

Firearm sales surging since Obama's election
Chicago Sun-Times, United States
Across the country, firearms sales in large retail outlets have jumped 39 percent this year and background checks rose 42 percent just in November, according to data from sportsonesource and the fbi's National Instant Criminal Background Check System. .

Section 8 applicants to face tougher screening - Middletown Journal

Section 8 applicants to face tougher screening
Middletown Journal, OH
CONSOC will continue to conduct criminal background checks on all applicants, but now a second background check, done by a yet-to-be-named third party, will also be required. Assistant City Law Director Sara Mills said city officials felt a more .

Background: Lane DeGregory (St. Petersburg Times)
2009 Pulitzer prize winner Lane DeGregory graduated from the University of Virginia, where she was editor-in-chief of the Cavalier Daily student newspaper. Later, she earned a masters degree in rhetoric and communication studies from the University of Virginia. For 10...

Background Note: Kazakhstan (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 2.7 million sq. km. (1.05 million sq. mi.); ninth-largest nation in the world; the size of Western Europe. Major cities: Astana (capital, June 1998), Almaty (former capital), Karaganda, and Shymkent. Terrain: Extends east to west from ...

Background Note: Bulgaria (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 110,910 sq. km. (slightly larger than Tennessee). Major cities: Capital --Sofia 1.2 million. Others: Plovdiv--368,568, Varna--349,482. Terrain: Bulgaria is located in South Central Europe. The terrain is varied, containing large mountainous ...

The Gun Show Loophole: It's About Safety - Lynchburg News and Advance

The Gun Show Loophole: It's About Safety
Lynchburg News and Advance, VA
The loophole allows unlicensed sellers to make their weapons available to the public at gun shows without conducting a background check on whether the buyer is a convicted felon or has a history of mental illness. The TV spot features Omar Samaha, .

Columbine Anniversary Sees Push to Close Gun Show 'Loophole' - U.S. News & World Report

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Columbine Anniversary Sees Push to Close Gun Show 'Loophole'
U.S. News & World Report, DC
According to a Lautenberg spokesman, the legislation would define gun shows subject to doing background checks as those where 50 or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale. That would broaden the reach of the background check law to flea .
Maine legislature fails to pass gun law The Free Press of the University of Southern Maine
Ten years after Columbine, gun control groups still try to exploit it Examiner.com
Editorial: It's past time to renew assault-weapons ban Delaware County Daily Times
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Park Association Trying To Figure Out Background Checks (NBC 15 Mobile)
Officials at the Saraland Park Association met Monday to try to figure out how to afford background checks on their coaches. That's because coach Marlon Wade is accused of trafficking...

Can background checks go too far? (dBusinessNews.com)
Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, P.C. (TBHR) provides background on what is and is not allowed in a background check...

Background Note: The Bahamas (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 13,939 sq. km. (5,382 sq. mi.); slightly larger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. Cities: Capital --Nassau, New Providence. Second-largest city --Freeport, Grand Bahama. Terrain: Low and flat. Climate: Semitropical...

Background: The PolitiFact team (St. Petersburg Times)
The PolitiFact.com team comprises Bill Adair, Scott Montgomery, Amy Hollyfield, Angie Drobnic Holan, Rob Farley, Matthew Waite, Martin Frobisher and Alexander Lane. Follow the link to read more or to post a comment...

Yet another way that President Obama is stimulating the economy . - Kansas City Star

Yet another way that President Obama is stimulating the economy .
Kansas City Star, MO
. firearms sales in large retail outlets have jumped 39 percent this year and background checks rose 42 percent just in November, according to data from SportsOneSource and the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System. .

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