And if you could find it that way, it *should* have been in VCIN, no?
Not if it hasn’t been entered as required by law. You will be able to access information you shouldn’t by law be able to find if the clerk doesn’t do his/her job. It’s a crap shoot. The system is only as good as the people who work in it. The medical records are protected by law, so you wouldn’t have gotten those. That’s why the questions about mental health on the form to buy a gun are ridiculous. Even if the buyer was crazy, do you think he would know? He/She would seem perfectly normal to him/herself.