[aristeides]

I wonder if the failure to conduct the background check is what enabled the sniper to get his weapon.

[Donald Stone]

That would be most ironic wouldn't it.

[maica]

The checks that the Archives were responsible for researching manually were those infractions that occurred prior to 1982. After that date all criminal record checks are by computer. The FBI said that about 400 requests had not been completed during the months in question.

This summer the Archives went from being open to the public 5 days a week to 4 days due to budget shortfalls, so it does not appear that they were getting the extra money that Congress had earmarked for this program.

BTW, on a Baltimore radio talk show, when KKT was challenged on gaping holes in her "budget plan", her answer in each instance was that money would be coming from the federal treasury (so it would not be Maryland taxpayers' money!)