The headline on this piece is false. More people are getting background checks than ever before. This story is actually about how the percentage of checks the FBI has failed to complete is up which is interesting but not what the headline says. fivethirtyeight.com/features/more-…
The FBI is apparently getting worse at completing background checks. In 2014, they didn't complete 2.1% or them. In the first several months of 2020, they didn't complete 3.4%. Sounds like the agency is falling behind on doing its job.
There has been a huge increase in the number of background checks over that time period. Sounds like the FBI just haven't done a good job of keeping up.
This also has little to do with the 3-day delay period (aka the "Charleston loophole") because the FBI is supposed to continue conducting background checks beyond that 3-day window. If they find a disqualifying criminal record after the buyer got the gun, they send in the ATF.
But, yea, bottom line, the idea that fewer people are getting background checks in the middle of the greatest gun buying surge in history is completely false. It's literally the opposite of the truth. The headline should be changed.
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