State progress in record reporting for firearm-related background checks. Mental health submissions / Becki Goggins, SEARCH and Anne Gallegos, National Center for State Courts.
"The National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, was mandated by the Brady Act and launched by the FBI on November 30, 1998. NICS is used by Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) to instantly determine whether a prospective transferee is eligible to receive firearms or explosives."--Page [1].
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Prepared under cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Justice Statistics 2009-NS-BX-K050
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Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from caption (viewed Nov. 25, 2016).