The interruption. Thank you. Is your micrmicrophone . I was reminded to turn it on before i started, too. Good morning. Thank you chairman whitehouse and senator grassley and the members of the Judiciary Committee for holding this important hearing. My name is elvin daniel. I am a republican, i am an avid hu hunter, a gun owner and i enjoy using by guns for target practice with family and frie s friends. I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and nra i believe. I believe in common sense sensible gun laws. I am hear today to speak for my sister xena because she is not here to speak for herself. Xena loved life. All she wanted to do was be a mother to her two daughters. She loved disney world. Rick springfield. And helping other people. As a matter of fact her last moments in this spot she was begging her estranged husband to leave the people alone. She was a beautiful person full of goodness and some good will come out of her death. On october 21st, 2012 i received a phone call
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