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mrerick · 12-19-2021, 08:15 PM

A little background check for US members:

https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/..._year.pdf/view

2020 and 2021 numbers are astonishing.

The system can put a "hold" on you if your name can't be uniquely cleared (and someone with the same name or a very similar sounding name comes up "prohibited" somewhere in the USA). In the past 3 years, a huge number of additional records have been added to our NICS background check system. 95% of actual denials are false positives. The system is quite error prone.

Here's a recent operations report:

https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/...eport.pdf/view

Page 20 and 21 should help you understand the process better.

Note that in 2017, a total of 12 people were actually prosecuted for being prohibited people trying to purchase firearms illegally.

12-19-2021, 08:15 PM	#14
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,139 Times in 1,520 Posts	A little background check for US members: https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/..._year.pdf/view 2020 and 2021 numbers are astonishing. The system can put a "hold" on you if your name can't be uniquely cleared (and someone with the same name or a very similar sounding name comes up "prohibited" somewhere in the USA). In the past 3 years, a huge number of additional records have been added to our NICS background check system. 95% of actual denials are false positives. The system is quite error prone. Here's a recent operations report: https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/...eport.pdf/view Page 20 and 21 should help you understand the process better. Note that in 2017, a total of 12 people were actually prosecuted for being prohibited people trying to purchase firearms illegally. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.