Issue: NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007
Impact: Legislation has been introduced to improve the automation and transmittal of criminal history disposition information and records related persons disqualified from possessing or receiving firearms, convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, and “adjudicated mentally defective or committed to a mental institution” to Federal and State record repositories.
Position: State court leaders support exchange of criminal history information with other stakeholders in the criminal justice system.
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