"Faulty" NICS check case against FBI dismissed

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Suit dismissed over faulty gun check before church shooting
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the FBI over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to buy the gun he used to kill nine people in a racist attack at a South Carolina church.

But U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel also blasted the federal government for what he called its "abysmally poor policy choices" in how it runs the national database for firearm background checks.

"The record reveals that the FBI's background check system is disturbingly superficial, excessively micromanaged by rigid standard operating procedures, and obstructed by policies that deny the overworked and overburdened examiners access to the most comprehensive law enforcement federal database," Gergel wrote in the ruling Monday.

Re: "Faulty" NICS check case against FBI dismissed

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That was always a long shot, it's tough to sue government entities. NICS depends on other government entities to provide them with information and things can break down at different places. Hopefully the NICS Fix bill will help remedy some of the problems, but no system works 100% of the time.
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