Mr. Speaker. In 1988. we passed legislation requiring the Attorney General to develop and implement a means of keeping prohibited individualsfelons. the mentally insane. illegal aliens. and othersfrom buying handguns from licensed dealers. The Attorney General responded with two reports. The first. which dealt with keeping felons from buying firearms. concluded that there was no economically feasible way to create a perfect felon detection system. The second report. which will be released soon. concludes that there is no feasible way to keep other prohibited individuals from buying guns from dealers. These reports are simply unacceptable. Many States. counties and cities presently run background checks on potential gun buyers and have great success in screening out prohibited buyers.
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