Los Angeles Court Didn’t Report Felony Convictions to Background Check System for Years
Summary
The Los Angeles County Superior Court admitted to a 20-year backlog of 464,000 arrest disposition reports (ADRs) that were never sent to the California Department of Justice. This reporting error may have allowed nearly 150,000 Californians with felony convictions to unlawfully obtain firearms due to incomplete background checks.
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background-check
state-law
california
regulatory-failure
doj
felony-conviction