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It’s been a year since the shooting of security guard Bradley Haas in New Hampshire Hospital’s lobby, and some people within the facility continue to process their grief from that day.

A push to add mental health records to the federal background check system fell short this year in the Legislature.

According to state investigators, John Madore obtained the pistol he used to kill New Hampshire Hospital security guard Bradley Haas from a dealer in Barrington in February 2020.

The Bradley Haas Act is named after former Franklin Police Chief Bradley Haas, who was killed last year during a shooting at the New Hampshire Hospital, was initially introduced to offer a $100,000 death benefit to Haas’ family.

The measure would require the state to share the names of people involuntarily committed to psychiatric facilities with the FBI’s gun database used in background checks.

Federal law prohibits anyone who has been involuntarily committed to a mental institution from possessing a firearm, and purchasing guns through a licensed dealer requires a background check that asks about such hospitalizations. However, New Hampshire does not provide mental health records to the national database that is used for background checks.

Law enforcement from multiple departments joined state officials and family members on Monday for a celebration of life service for Bradley Haas, 63, who died following the shooting on Nov. 17.

A man opened fire in the lobby of the state psychiatric facility last Friday, killing a security guard. Neighbors say they never expected this kind of incident to happen so close to home.

Two people were shot and killed, including the gunman, in a confrontation inside the lobby of the secure psychiatric facility in Concord Friday afternoon.

Officials say the new facility will house patients who are currently sent to the prison system for treatment.