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State looks into whether Assemblyman Brooks can buy rifle

State officials have initiated a routine background check to determine whether troubled Assemblyman Steven Brooks can purchase a rifle from a Northern Nevada sporting goods store.

Brooks appears at Legislative Building with head covered

The strange saga of Assemblyman Steven Brooks, who faces a felony charge of threatening Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, got a bit stranger Wednesday when he made a brief appearance at the Legislative Building.