He believes that something like legislation that expands and improves our background check system as the amendment that Senators Toomey and Manchin have put forward should garner the support in the Senate that it has in the country.

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New York state took steps Tuesday to bolster its background-check system as part of firearm-restrictions legislation that Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law.

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Gun-control advocates have helped highlight these flaws, but some also worry that focus on the system's holes will be used as an excuse to block legislation requiring universal use of the background check system.

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The court was told he treated the criminal intelligence system "as a dating agency" by accessing highly sensitive police data to perform background checks on women and their former partners after visits to victims of crime.

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It would also require increased cooperation by states with the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and would prohibit people deemed by the courts as unfit to own guns from obtaining them.

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Most criticism stems from her background as a media executive and lack of understanding for the plight of the public school system.

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There is little sign lawmakers and advocacy groups on either side of the debate are willing to alter their stances, though room for agreement may exist in some areas, such as requiring states to increase their submission of mental-health records to the background-check system used to screen people buying guns from federally licensed dealers.

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