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Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« on: January 01, 2019, 06:51:50 PM »
Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
The answer suprised me, that is for sure.
It isn't even very close.

https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/active_records_in_the_nics-indices.pdf/view
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2019, 07:41:26 PM »
 :facepalm:   Who'da guessed THAT?? ??  ??     ??     ??
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2019, 07:46:47 PM »
Yeah, but we are clearly winning the war on drugs.
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2019, 08:13:18 PM »
I was actually surprised at that as well. To somewhat veer a thread (again), that's also an interesting number to potentially extrapolate a total illegal population. I could be wrong, but I'm guessing the percentage of the total illegal population that will walk into a gun store and do the paperwork is pretty low.

I didn't see a timeframe for the collected records, but that's an awfully large number.
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2019, 08:34:49 PM »
Is that the transactional history of rejects or the list of people who would be rejected if they tried?
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2019, 08:44:47 PM »
DAMN YOU NRA!
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2019, 09:27:09 PM »
I would have thought that domestic violence and substance use (most notably marijuana) would have ranked much higher. My neighbor the gunsmith/FFL says a fair number of people check the substance use box due to legal marijuana in Washington state, and are surprised and horrified when they are declined forever more.
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2019, 09:35:11 PM »
Given the present-day composition of people in the general population, I'd be surprised if illegal/unlawful aliens weren't at the top of just about any sample drawn in the U.S.

I'm not grinning when I say that.

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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2019, 10:16:22 PM »
I have heard a few people say the highest cause of rejected background checks is false positives, meaning legal, but name is close someone on ban list.  I am not sure where that came from.
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2019, 12:45:36 AM »
I get delayed every time I buy a gun.  Usually if I put my SSN on the form the delay is just a few minutes, but last time it was 4 days.  :mad:  I think that means they didn't even process that one and the time ran out.
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2019, 08:36:54 AM »
My question is...

How many of those instances in which a prohibited person attempted to purchase a firearm resulted in prosecution?
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2019, 09:07:29 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on January 01, 2019, 10:16:22 PM
I have heard a few people say the highest cause of rejected background checks is false positives, meaning legal, but name is close someone on ban list.  I am not sure where that came from.

That has actually happened to me twice before I bought my handgun license. 
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2019, 10:03:51 AM »
^^^I now give my SSN, since a couple of times I had a substantial delay because someone with my first and last name is apparently in the system as some sort of miscreant.
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2019, 10:29:07 AM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on January 04, 2019, 08:36:54 AM
My question is...

How many of those instances in which a prohibited person attempted to purchase a firearm resulted in prosecution?


Not very many.  Probably not more then triple digits.  Maybe even just double digits.
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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2019, 10:51:27 AM »
Did NICS fail to get the memo that diversity is our strength?

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Re: Do you know the most common reason for a denial of gun purchase?
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