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    Because it requires the background check has to be enforced and recorded in every single firearm transaction, no matter it is a transfer from relatives or friends, either share inside families (Obama). The Universal Background is not just being proposed now, and it has already been implemented in several states, such as Colorado and Connecticut. It helps to close private sale loophole, and it also helps to eliminate the risk from the beginning by doing background checks on every transfers, sales

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    to harm the United States. Things we can do are: keep track of all weapons that are sold in gun convections, or run a background check on every person who has just recently obtained a gun. We can set up certain laws and regulations that prevents anyone who has committed a serious crime to be able to acquire a gun. Background Checks of Criminal History For one thing, background checks can aware us if the person has any criminal history that involves violence and short tempered people. This would give

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    because of lazy background checks.Thousands of people die every year due to illegal firearms and it’s shocking that guns aren't restricted which lets anybody get their hands on them.But on the other hand, many people in today’s society believe that it’s our God given right to bear arms and protect ourselves and our loved ones. Not knowing what someone is capable of is the most of the horrifying thing mankind has ever faced.Many tragic disasters occurred due to lazy background checks like 9/11 when

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    can own a gun. Like they would need a background check, own a license, and a legal citizen to own a firearm. All these ideas can put the future in a good shape because of gun safety technology. People with mental illness or convicted felons needs to have a background check before they can possess a firearm. Getting a background check shows the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives(ATF) of any type record you have against you. Background checks can see if you

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    Jeff Sessions to order the GBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to conduct a review on the background checks for gun purchases. On Nov. 22, Sessions issued a memo giving the FBI and the Bureau of ATF 60 days to look into reports that the U.S. military and other agencies failed to relay information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (Nics). He highlighted the importance of the Nics database in preventing firearms-related incidents of violence, The

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    In my opinion I believe that every juvenile should have a background check before being sentenced off to do hard time in a state penitentiary. A lot of teens have committed serious crimes that sometimes makes you question yourself how they could become such a monster. But in reality those teens sometimes kids are the ones who have had hard childhoods of any case from rape, abusive parents, or it could be that they were bullied. There are many different reasons why someone so young could commit such

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    want a job, they don’t just do background checks. They also do social media background checks. Checking your social media consists of an employer searching your number or name on a specified site. They may go through anything they want to, simply because you made it available. Social Media also has a positive effect. Social media gives job-seekers an opportunity to create a good image and build relationships with other professionals. Employers have a chance to check for accuracy, and a chance to

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    However, the background check screening has created a big gap between policy and practices and force homeless sex-offenders and Meth drug users out of communities. Consequently, lack of consideration of more support from federal and states collateral with frequently deny from communities and employment opportunity, may contribute in high levels of economic vulnerability, as well as, increase the magnitude of any social risky behaviors such as drug use and sex-crimes. While the intended purposes of

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    A family health check background helps me identify any serious illnesses or diseases that can be passed to me or the rest of my family. I gather information from both sides of my family and many health risks were similar on each side. Some of those were HB pressure, gastritis, diabetes, high cholesterol, and overweight. Also, throughout the research, I found out that most of my family members that have passed away had last long, but few had died a younger. The health risk that I found riskier than

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    hunting, and war. There have been many horrific incidents with guns over the years such as Sandy hook. People need to go through a through a long and thorough background check to be able to buy a gun because the crime rate would be lowered, less mass-shootings, and their would be less gun deaths. My first reason why gun background checks should be longer and more thorough because the crime rate would be lowered. The crime rate would be lowered because people who have a bad record wouldn’t be able

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