Make sure to follow up with a through background investigation of the claim.
But, through background, tradition, we occasionally make choices that draw those of a similar background together in one place.
These men, ages 16 to 45, will be run through background checks that could take up to 20 days.
He does now: at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence, LaPierre said having all gun buyers go through background checks would create a "universal federal nightmare".
The negotiators insisted that the legalization program was different from amnesty because illegal immigrants would have to pay fines and go through background checks.
And a Democratic state lawmaker in California, Kevin de León, introduced a bill that would require people buying ammunition to go through background checks.
Global Entry allows American air travelers who qualify through background checks and an interview to re-enter the country quickly, avoiding those seemingly interminable Customs lines at arrival airports.
Potential employees are now fingerprinted and run through background checks before they are hired, and existing employees are subject to random drug tests.
Since leaving the Administration of George W. Bush, in 2005, after serving as Secretary of State, Powell has showed his political hand with care, sometimes through background interviews with favored journalists, sometimes through former aides.
There are also signs that the extension of federal monitoring through background checks to all gun sales, including private sales at gun shows and on the internet, may struggle to attract sufficient support of Congress members.
