Knight Investments LLC analyze US Bureau of Justice Statistics grant appropriations
In a recent legislation push the US Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded 17 million dollars to eight state agencies to help improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
- (1888PressRelease) November 10, 2010 - Knight Investments LLC Officials took notice that nearly $17 million was awarded to eight state agencies to improve the quality, completeness, and accessibility of records available under the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, announced today.
The NICS serves as the database that Federal Firearms Licensees must contact before transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person.
As a promoter of intra government transactions, Knight Officials stated that it is imperative that the general population support legislation appropriations that protect our public safety.
In Fiscal Year 2010, $20 million was appropriated for grants to assist states in providing information to the NICS. Eight states met the conditions of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act (NIAA) and received grants:
State - Award Amount
Florida - $3,159,228
Idaho - $1,949,578
Illinois - $1,209,500
New Jersey - $860,331
New York - $5,994,588
Oregon - $2,000,000
Texas - $751,537
Wisconsin - $981,372
Total - $16,906,134
(Soruce US Bureau of Justice Statistics)
To be eligible to receive funds under NIAA, a state must meet two specific conditions. First, a state must provide a reasonable estimate of records subject to the NIAA's completeness requirements to the Attorney General. BJS developed an information collection to be used by states to submit these estimates, which is available on the BJS website.
Second, a state must also implement a program permitting persons who have been found by the courts to be a mental defective or committed to a mental institution to obtain relief from the firearms restrictions imposed by law. The program must be certified by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
(Source US Bureau of Justice Statistics)
This relief must be based on a finding by a state court, board, commission or other lawful authority that under the circumstances of the disability, criminal record and personal reputation, the person will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety and that granting relief would not be contrary to public interest.
Knight Investments LLC officials have stated that new programs and organizational protocols are a result of an increased awareness in improving our domestic society. Specifically cited by Knight Investments LLC Officials were the reason why NIAA was even organized.
The NIAA was enacted after the April 2007 shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech. The act aims to keep guns out of the hands of persons prohibited by federal or state law from receiving or possessing firearms by ensuring that the states provide records to NICS that meet the completeness requirements. Those state records include critical information about certain mental health adjudications and mental health commitments, and other prohibiting factors such as felony convictions, active arrest warrants, and misdemeanor convictions for domestic violence. Filling these information gaps will better enable the system to operate as intended to keep firearms out of the hands of persons prohibited from having them. It will also reduce delays for law-abiding gun purchasers.
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), headed by Assistant Attorney General Laurie O. Robinson, provides federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice, and assist victims. OJP has seven components: the Bureau of Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; the Office for Victims of Crime; the Community Capacity Development Office, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. More information about OJP can be found at http://www.ojp.gov.
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