Report
Published January 1, 2004
Updated January 1, 2004
Broken Records — How America's Faulty Background Check System Allows Criminals to Get Guns
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SUMMARY
Broken Records uses data culled from the Department of Justice and various state sources and gives failing grades to 22 states for having grossly inadequate criminal, domestic violence, and mental disability records. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY 2002 AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE.
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