TheGrey
01-29-2013, 15:39
Disclaimer: I tried running this topic through the 'search' function, but the term 'background check' is used pretty often. I apologize if this topic has come up in the past year and I missed it.
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I understand that a background check for gun owners is considered a 'federal background check,' which is different than the basic $6.85 CBI background you can run online. However, if I understand correctly, a federal background check only works if several things happen: a) the reporting agency actually updates their records in a timely fashion, b) the reporting agency is actually online, c) the clerks make no errors when inputting the information, and d) there's no technical problems on either end.
The fact that CBI has been wrangled into facilitating nationwide background checks makes me wonder why they haven't expanded and/or contracted more agencies into assisting them.
Am I miunderstanding the situation? Or is this typical bureacracy? And how would a "nationwide gun registry" assist in this already-overburdened system?
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I understand that a background check for gun owners is considered a 'federal background check,' which is different than the basic $6.85 CBI background you can run online. However, if I understand correctly, a federal background check only works if several things happen: a) the reporting agency actually updates their records in a timely fashion, b) the reporting agency is actually online, c) the clerks make no errors when inputting the information, and d) there's no technical problems on either end.
The fact that CBI has been wrangled into facilitating nationwide background checks makes me wonder why they haven't expanded and/or contracted more agencies into assisting them.
Am I miunderstanding the situation? Or is this typical bureacracy? And how would a "nationwide gun registry" assist in this already-overburdened system?