I posted the Associated Press site publication of the story in the Legal and Activism section post of the FBI biometric database before I read this thread.
From that post:
And I wasn't aware of this tidbit:
"We were only discovering things by accident," said Honolulu Police Department Maj. Richard ["Get a big dog"] Robinson, who helped draft the bill. "They happen to come register another firearm, we run another background check, and then we find out they're a prohibited person."
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Hey, Robinson, is everyone supposed to take their big dog with them when they attend rock concerts and office Christmas parties and inside movie theaters and inside college classrooms, etc.? Just askin'...