The firm’s chief economist, Jurgen Brauer, said he hasn’t seen anything like it in his 15 years working with the background check data.In fact, before the pandemic,
In an average year, almost 275,000 background checks take longer than three business days. In 2020, there were 535,786 such checks, according to FBI data. That number doesn’t include background checks for things like concealed-carry permits or explosives licenses, which aren’t subject to the three-business-day rule.
If the FBI discovers that the potential buyer can’t own a gun in between day three and day 88, it contacts the dealer to see if the sale went through anyway. If it did, the FBI asks the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to retrieve the weapon. And even if the numbers are relatively small, they can have tragic consequences. In April 2015, Dylann Roofa few days after the FBI delayed his background check because of incomplete records about his prior drug arrest. Two months later, Roof used the gun to kill nine people during a Bible study at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina..
FiveThirtyEight asked the FBI whether it has enough staff to process the current volume of background checks. In response, the bureau pointed to two-year supplemental funding it received in the fiscal year 2021 budget that it said will help pay for additional staff, IT resources and other productivity enhancements.
FiveThirtyEight Wait, what? More guns and more crime? Who coulda seen that coming?
FiveThirtyEight Usa on natural selection's path
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FiveThirtyEight Stop using the Covid excuse for not putting people in jail then and start enforcing the laws
FiveThirtyEight This is a flat out lie. If there are FFl dealers not doing background checks they should be shut down.
FiveThirtyEight Wait till the no license to carry goes in effect in TX. Why will we need police in TX when we can protect ourselves with zero training... it will be easier to get a gun than going to vote in TX. AmericanDream
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FiveThirtyEight Fun fact for all you cool kids having a firearm is the most effective way to protect yourself from violent crimes
FiveThirtyEight Biden's America btw
FiveThirtyEight So we have to do more to tie violent crime to legal gun owners, that way we can convince our audience gun control is required. Then we can encourage the flow of illegal guns to cities, increasing crime and further increasing the reliance of citizens on government.
FiveThirtyEight Bullshit
FiveThirtyEight DEMOCRATS HOWLED/DEMANDED... 'Defund the Police!!!!'....They got the result....And Americans KNOW they can't trust Democrats to protect them...just the opposite.
FiveThirtyEight defunding the police caused the spike in crime. when you let cities burn what do you think will happen?
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