Trump’s budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 would slash their funding to $61 million, which amounts to a 16 percent cut. Buried on Page 719 of his fiscal year 2019 budget , released Monday, the president calls for cuts to the National Criminal Records History Improvement Program and the NICS Act Record Improvement Program. WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump ’s newly unveiled budget would cut millions of dollars from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which gun dealers use to verify if someone is banned from buying a gun before selling it to them. Gun control advocates say these grants have been “critical funding sources” for states trying to routinely submit comprehensive records to the national background check database. “Instead of strengthening the nation’s background check system to make sure it effectively keeps guns out of dangerous hands, he slashed funding to this critically important system, which will significantly undermine its effectiveness,” Lloyd said.

Source: Huffington Post February 15, 2018 01:18 UTC