FBI Stats for NICS Denials

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FBI Stats for NICS Denials

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Not sure where they are getting the ~8 Million number in the article. as the NICS PTD (Program-To-Date Which is from Nov `98 to present) is only 1.5 Million Denials

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The National Instant Criminal Background Check System listed 7,836,600 “illegal/unlawful alien” as of 2018.

That number has been increasing in recent years.

Of those, some 3,300 were denied in fiscal year 2017.

Illegal immigrants rank at the top of those on the FBI’s “prohibited category.”
Wondering what the author is reporting on.. the number of records in the database, rather than the number of transfers blocked ?

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I believe he is referring to the number of records listing prohibited persons.
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Bruenor wrote:Not sure where they are getting the ~8 Million number in the article. as the NICS PTD (Program-To-Date Which is from Nov `98 to present) is only 1.5 Million Denials

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wash ... o-buy-guns" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System listed 7,836,600 “illegal/unlawful alien” as of 2018.

That number has been increasing in recent years.

Of those, some 3,300 were denied in fiscal year 2017.

Illegal immigrants rank at the top of those on the FBI’s “prohibited category.”
Wondering what the author is reporting on.. the number of records in the database, rather than the number of transfers blocked ?

https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/201 ... t.pdf/view" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From the article
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story said the numbers were of attempted purchases. The report is of "active records" of those barred. Washington Secrets regrets the error.
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