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	NCJ Number:		NCJ 250533
	Title:		State Progress in Record Reporting for Firearm-Related Background Checks: Fugitives from Justice
	URL(s):		PDF
	Author(s):		Dennis DeBacco ; Richard Schauffler
	Corporate Author:		SEARCH - National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics United States of America National Ctr for State Courts Court Statistics and Information Management Project United States of America
	Date Published:		02/2017
	Page Count:		13
	Annotation:		This resource is the latest in a series of Bureau of Justice Statistics grant-funded reports on firearm-related background checks, and provides an overview of “fugitive from justice” persons prohibited from purchasing and possessing a firearm and highlights the significance of making warrant information available to databases searched during a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check.
	Abstract:		The report highlights the significance of making warrant information available to databases searched during a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check. It describes the Congressional requirements established under the Brady Act for entering warrants into databases used by NICS, the challenges of entering warrant records into state and national databases, and improvements states have made making warrant records more readily available to the NICS. It provides an overview of “fugitive from justice” persons, defined as any person who has fled from any State to avoid prosecution for a felony or a misdemeanor, any person who leaves the State to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding, or any person who knows that misdemeanor or felony charges are pending against such person and who leaves the state of prosecution, prohibited from purchasing and possessing a firearm.
	Main Term(s):		National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
	Index Term(s):		National Crime Information Center ; Gun Control ; Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) ; BJS final report ; BJS Grant-related Documents ; Background Check Systems ; Background Checks ; BJS Resources
	Sponsoring Agency:		Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) US Dept of Justice Office of Justice Programs United States of America
	Grant Number:		2009-NS-BX-K050
	Type:		Instructional Material ; Report (Technical Assistance) ; Report (Grant Sponsored) ; Legislation/Policy Analysis
	Country:		United States of America
	Language:		English
	Note:		This report was prepared by SEARCH and the National Center for State Courts under a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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