Misdemeanors to the index and they have submitted 20 or fewer and a smaller number of states have submitted regards regarding restraining orders. 19 states have submitted dome Domestic Violence restraining orderers and of these nine states have submitted ten or fewer end of quote. I note that rhode island has submitted zero Domestic Violence misdemeanor arrest and also for hawaii, illinois 10, minnesota, 162. New york, 02 and vermont, 20. Iowa ranks near the tops of the state but i can confess we have do a better job in my state. 79 of the records submitted come from three small states. As the report says, quote, if all states submitted records of misdemeanor convictions at the average rate of these three states we can project there would be 2 million records and more than 40 times the number currently submitted end quote. This means that large numbers of prohibit person under the law can purchase a firearm because the instant background check fails to identify it as such. Our system i
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