So what would you say if you found out the person who you were chatting with on Match.com was in fact a convicted murderer? Well that’s exactly what a San Francisco news site found out. Many dating sites do not conduct criminal background checks and are not required by law to do so. The person in question was convicted of killing 2 people in 1970 and served less than 11 years in jail. What do you think should a convicted killer be able to peruse dating sites or should dating sites be more proactive in protecting their users? Let me know in the comments.

If your going to be volunteering to be helping out in a New Jersey school anytime soon, you better be ready to pay for your own background check according to a new bill going through legislation now. Currently if a school board decides to perform a check on a volunteer the school must foot the bill, however under the new law being proposed the volunteer will have to pay for the background check being conducted. I don’t know it could prevent things like this from happening.

Napa county officials just passed a ordinance that would require all private caregivers to submit to a criminal background check after 3 years of lobbying for elderly people who have outside workers in their homes. Full story

Federal law mandates that gun stores do background checks on people buying guns, but doesn’t require a background check on people who rent a gun at the store shooting range. But a felon can’t even handle (with proof) or possess a firearm. Original Story

So as much as I don’t like reading or hearing about kids being abused by adults this is one situation that should be handled accordingly by the police.
And your probably wondering what this has to do with background checks right? The thing is that she didn’t need to be certified or screened for a background check to teach in a Texas charter school. And to top it all off she was wanted on a criminal mischief charge, for slashing a woman’s tires last year.

Found the original story here, and another here

What are your thoughts on the matter should she be criminally prosecuted?

For Senate Bill 1685 a bill that would have allowed persons seeking to get guns and ammo in Oklahoma would be able to obtain them without a federal criminal background check being conducted.

Henry vetoed the legislation on Tuesday, saying the bill would make it easier for criminals to obtain weapons in Oklahoma and endanger citizens and law enforcement officers.

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