Civic Register
| 7.13.18
FBI Adding 2nd Database for Gun Background Checks
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What’s the story?
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is preparing to add the National Data Exchange, or N-DEx, to its vetting of potential gun buyers.
- An internal review at the FBI found that Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof would have been blocked from obtaining his firearm had examiners been able to access the N-DEx system.
Closing the “Charleston Loophole”
- Two months before the Charleston killings, Roof was able to buy a gun even though his prior, felony drug arrest should have prevented the purchase.
- The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, flagged Roof’s drug arrest, but the system did not provide sufficient details to automatically ban Roof from purchasing his firearm.
- This glitch became known by critics as the “Charleston Loophole.”
What is N-DEx?
N-DEx is managed by the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division. It houses:
- More than 400 million records.
- Incident/arrest reports.
- Booking and incarceration reports.
- Pre-trial, probation, and parole reports.
- Warrants.
- Tickets and citations.
- Field contacts and interviews.
What do you think?
Does a second gun background check system make you feel safer about firearm purchases? Or, as The Trace pointed out, are you concerned that if investigators "research some buyers more thoroughly using N-DEx, they may be unable to vet others at all"? Hit Take Action and tell your reps, then share your thoughts below.
—Josh Herman
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