FBI Background Checks for Guns Often Miss Those Who Would Be Banned

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Mentally ill people, drug offenders and others who are prohibited from owning guns often are able to obtain a firearm because the required FBI background checks have significant flaws, the New York Times reports. The nearly two-decade-old requirement to conduct background checks of prospective gun buyers isn’t working as planned because many…

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Kevin Walker Named FBI’s Next Equal Employment Opportunity Officer

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Kevin W. Walker, the former acting deputy director and general counsel of the National Drug Intelligence Center, was named the FBI’s equal employment opportunity (EEO) officer, the FBI announced Thursday. Walker’s job entails overseeing discrimination complaints, the DOJ Mediator Corps, the reasonable accommodation process and the sign language interpreter program. Between 2006…

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