Flake on His Bill Re-Banning Domestic Abusers from Buying Guns: We Need to Clarify It

‘The problem is if you just have a category for assault, that could be anything from a bar fight to something far, far more serious like domestic assault’

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FLAKE: “Well, the military courts simply don’t always list or categorize domestic assault, they simply have assault. And it’s noted, I believe, most of the time, maybe all of the time, we don’t know. I’ve talked to the FBI a couple of times today trying to find out how many cases have actually gone to the system or some of the other databases. Only one since 200 case of domestic violence was submitted to the nics system from the department of defense and the FBI tells us they can’t tell us, they don’t know how many cases are tracked to the ncic or the III system. The law states they’re supposed to go to nics. We’re trying to find out why they aren’t. The problem is if you just have a category for assault, that could be anything from a bar fight to something far, far more serious like domestic assault. Unless it’s specified, I think we need to clarify it to say you have to list it as domestic assault and then report it.”

 

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