Posted on 02/27/2018 2:00:26 PM PST by ealgeone
Per the 2016 NICS OPERATIONS REPORT.
13 - Full point of contact: Contact state/territory for all firearms background checks including permits (FL, HI, OR, CA, NV, UT, CO, IL, TN, VA, PA, CT, NJ),
4 - Partial POC: Contact state for handgun and FBI for long gun background checks (WA, WI, NH, MD)
3 - Partial POC: Contact state for handgun permit and FBI for long gun background checks (NE, IA, NC)
36 Non-POC: Contact FBI for all firearm background checks. Remainder of country including N. Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, VI and Puerto Rico
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2016 FEDERAL DENIALS- TOTAL: 120,497
Convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year or a misdemeanor punishable by more than two years: 49,510
Fugitive from justice: 24,502
Controlled substance: 11,278
Misdemeanor crime of domestic violence conviction: 8,854
State Prohibit: 7,686
Under indictment: 6,366 Adjudicated mental health: 5,638
Remainder: 6,663
And how many were prosecuted?
I did not find that in the report. I wondered the same.
I recall reading somewhere it was less than 50.
Although that might have been straw purchases, not denials.
By who? You think it's the gun dealers' job to arrest the guy?
“By who? You think it’s the gun dealers’ job to arrest the guy?”
I believe you fill out the info on the Form 4453 before the NICS phone call. Dealer keeps the form, Leo’s come and get the info and go from there. They ought to think that if ineligible persons fail to make the purchase they’ll try elsewhere.
Here’s part of the answer:
“ATF ARRESTS FOR 2014, 2015, 2016; FOUR CRIMES, TINY NUMBERS”
[https://www.ammoland.com/2018/01/atf-arrests-for-2014-2015-2016-four-crimes-tiny-numbers/?utm_source=Ammoland+Subscribers&utm_campaign=4023e28f51-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6f6fac3eaa-4023e28f51-7164657#axzz545gcKFmA]
They almost never prosecute.
how many of those were ultimately reversed due to error?
as an FFL, every denial I ever had on an Instacheck was a mistaken identity or some other type of bureaucratic foul-up ...
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