FBI, ATF to review NICS after Texas church shooting

By Daniel Terrill

Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed a review of the federal background checks system, citing issues that allowed a Texas gunman to legally buy firearms despite a documented background making him a prohibited buyer.
In a statement, Sessions said the shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, “that relevant information may not be getting reported to the (National Instant Criminal Background Check System) – this is alarming and it is unacceptable.”
“The National Instant Criminal Background Check System is critical for us to be able to keep guns out of the hands of those that are prohibited from owning them,” Sessions said. He directed both the FBI and ATF to review the system and identify ways to improve the reporting process.
Earlier this month, the gunman, Devin Patrick Kelley, killed 26 people and injured 20 others. Kelley had obtained the firearms he used legally despite domestic violence convictions during his service in the U.S. Air Force. Admittedly, the military failed to report the conviction to federal authorities.
The directives order the agencies — the FBI manages NICS and the ATF, in addition to enforcing federal gun laws, regulates licensed gun dealers and provides guidance for using NICS — to work with

Source: Guns.com