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Form 4473. ATF Form 4473, October 2016 revision. A Firearms Transaction Record, or ATF Form 4473, is a seven-page form prescribed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) required to be completed when a person proposes to purchase a firearm from a Federal Firearms License (FFL) holder, such as a gun dealer. [ 1]
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System ( NICS) is a background check system in the United States created by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Law) of 1993 to prevent firearm sales to people prohibited under the Act. The system was launched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1998.
Federal law requires background checks (through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System) only for guns sold through licensed firearm dealers, which account for 78% of all gun sales in the United States. This figure was published in a 2017 study by the Annals of Internal Medicine which, using a 2015 survey, found that 22% of recent ...
The founder of the background check company used by Tinder explains what's wrong with current gun background checks–and how to improve them. Our gun background check system is broken. Here’s why
Last year, in the wake of the Covenant School mass shooting, the governor issued an executive order mandating a 72-hour timeframe for agencies reporting criminal cases to the background check system.
Please check your Internet connection and try again. (Reuters) - President Biden will announce an executive order on Tuesday that reinforces background checks for gun buyers in what the White ...
These categories are listed on ATF Form 4473 – Firearms Transaction Record background check form. [47] According to the US Sentencing Commission, approximately 5,000 to 6,000 prohibited persons are convicted of unlawfully receiving or possessing a firearm each year. [48] In 2017, over 25.2 million background checks were performed. [49]
The FBI processed a record high number of gun background checks in March — nearly 4.7 million in one month. Federal law gives the National Instant Criminal Background Check System three business ...