Bill To Fix Ga.’s Background Checks For Guns Fails For 3rd Year

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April 13th, 2018

According to the GBI, over the past five years, more than 2,000 Georgians who should be permanently prohibited from owning guns, had their names removed from the federal background check system. 

Brennan Linsley / Associated Press

There is a loophole in Georgia law that both Democrats and Republicans agree weakens the way background checks for guns should work. This is the third year in a row a measure to fix the problem died in the state legislative session.

If someone has been committed to mental health treatment – as in, against their will – under federal law, they lose their 2nd Amendment right to own a gun.

Last year alone, the GBI sent a list of close to 3,000 Georgians for whom this is the case to the federal background check system.

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