Florida "forgets" to do background checks for firearm permits

Adam Putnam’s office stopped concealed weapons background checks for a year because it couldn’t log in

A state investigation found that the lapse covered a period that included the biggest spike in permit applications in Florida history.

For more than a year, the state of Florida failed to conduct national background checks on tens of thousands of applications for concealed weapons permits, potentially allowing drug addicts or people with a mental illness to carry firearms in public.

A previously unreported Office of Inspector General investigation found that in February 2016 the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services stopped using a FBI crime database called the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that ensures applicants who want to carry a gun do not have a disqualifying history in other states.

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