A law requiring juvenile records be assessed in criminal background checks for prospective gun buyers has kept at least 27 young people from buying firearms
WASHINGTON–Juvenile-record background checks mandated in last year’s sweeping federal gun legislation have prevented more than two-dozen 18-to-21-year-olds from buying guns after turning up problems such as drug abuse and domestic violence, senators who pushed for the new law said.
, in effect since it was signed by President Biden in June, requires juvenile records, including those related to mental health, to be assessed in criminal background checks for prospective gun buyers under the age of 21. The measure has kept at least 27 young people from buying firearms, the lawmakers said, citing numbers and cases provided to them this week by the FBI.
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