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The number of children killed in the next school shooting may be much higher
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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2020890" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>So is OK. failing to comply with Fed law or just "recommendations"? </p><p></p><p>[Delynn Fudge, federal grants division director for the Oklahoma District Attorney's Council, said in August that state lawmakers have been reluctant to adopt legislation that would bring the state into compliance with federal mental health reporting recommendations.</p><p></p><p>Federal and state law prohibits the sale of firearms to people who have been adjudicated by a court as mentally incompetent, but Oklahoma consistently lags behind other states in supplying mental health records to the national database used for these types of background checks, according to a 2011 report by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a national gun control advocacy group.</p><p></p><p>Fudge said state privacy laws and the lack of an integrated court management system keep most of these records from being shared with the agencies that conduct background checks.</p><p></p><p>That may change in 2013, Martin said Saturday.</p><p></p><p>With the backing of the District Attorney's Council and the local chapter of the National Rifle Association, he said he's developing a bill now that would permit the sharing of these records for federal background checks....]</p><p></p><p><a href="http://newsok.com/oklahomas-open-carry-bill-author-looking-to-strengthen-mental-health-background-checks-for-gun-purchasers/article/3738175" target="_blank">http://newsok.com/oklahomas-open-carry-bill-author-looking-to-strengthen-mental-health-background-checks-for-gun-purchasers/article/3738175</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2020890, member: 1294"] So is OK. failing to comply with Fed law or just "recommendations"? [Delynn Fudge, federal grants division director for the Oklahoma District Attorney's Council, said in August that state lawmakers have been reluctant to adopt legislation that would bring the state into compliance with federal mental health reporting recommendations. Federal and state law prohibits the sale of firearms to people who have been adjudicated by a court as mentally incompetent, but Oklahoma consistently lags behind other states in supplying mental health records to the national database used for these types of background checks, according to a 2011 report by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a national gun control advocacy group. Fudge said state privacy laws and the lack of an integrated court management system keep most of these records from being shared with the agencies that conduct background checks. That may change in 2013, Martin said Saturday. With the backing of the District Attorney's Council and the local chapter of the National Rifle Association, he said he's developing a bill now that would permit the sharing of these records for federal background checks....] [url]http://newsok.com/oklahomas-open-carry-bill-author-looking-to-strengthen-mental-health-background-checks-for-gun-purchasers/article/3738175[/url] [/QUOTE]
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