17Hr CBI wait times today...

[.455_Hunter]

Was that the guy buying the Hi-Points?

I don't recall. It wasn't anything that was really notable.

[Eric P]

I thought so. At the federal level it's about a 0.02% conviction rate.

Is it really worth the resources at any level of government to prosecute these? Other than picking up people with active warrants...

The unconstitutional check worked as intended and prevented someone from exercising their right to bear arms with the blessing of the government overlords.

[Eric P]

Have yourself investigated by private party. Some PI's have a flat fee background check that should equal or surpass the CBI check.

All of these government databases should be public searchable with certain information hidden, such as SS#, drivers license #, DOB. We have the right to know what data the government has collected on us, and get it corrected if wrong.

[Irving]

Have yourself investigated by private party. Some PI's have a flat fee background check that should equal or surpass the CBI check.

That seems pretty straight forward. If I ever see that dude again I'll pass it along.

[feal]

Co worker of mine (former military with an active clearance) was denied because someone stole his identity. I dont know if he was just lazy but it took him a while to get it cleared up because he had to go to a certain place to get fingerprinted.....

[buffalobo]

Based on my experience, they do call the police, at least sometimes. About four years ago, I was at Rapid Fire Bunker waiting for my CBI check, and two Littleton officers came in, walked right up to some guy like they knew him, and told him they need to speak with him outside. As I was leaving the store about fifteen minutes later, I saw that the guy was handcuffed.

I'm sure it wasn't about parking tickets, as I had a few unpaid ones myself, and I was approved to proceed with the transfer.

If those unpaid parking tickets result in a warrant then CBI will be more than happy to notify local PD you are waiting for them to come to gun shop and arrest you.

As was mentioned in another post can go back and pick up gun later after pay bond and promise not to ignore the judge again.

[Rucker61]

Is it really worth the resources at any level of government to prosecute these? Other than picking up people with active warrants...

The unconstitutional check worked as intended and prevented someone from exercising their right to bear arms with the blessing of the government overlords.

In 2010, that was 54,000 felons and other prohibited persons identified as committing a felony by lying on the Form 4473. That's 54k criminals who were left alone to get a gun some other way. If they were in prison, it isn't likely they would be committing crimes against society, especially with an illegally acquired gun. They left their name, address and phone number. How hard should it be to find them?

[Rucker61]

I don't know anything of their conviction rate. I do know that the US Attorney's threshold for prosecution is generally pretty high. A few years ago, I investigated a tax fraud case where the feds were out over a million and the state was out around $80K and I ended up charging in the state as the AUSA wasn't interested.

Here's some data:

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bjs/grants/239272.pdf

https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2016/a1632.pdf

[Little Dutch]

Here's some data:

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bjs/grants/239272.pdf

https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2016/a1632.pdf

In 2010, the FBI
and state agencies denied a firearm to nearly 153,000 persons due to National Instant
Criminal Background Check System (NICS) records of felonies, domestic violence
offenses, and other prohibiting factors.

I was denied at least 4 times last year because of my last name confusion. Are those rejections part of that number? I bet they are and it's an incredibly inflated number to help justify the system.

[Rucker61]

In 2010, the FBI
and state agencies denied a firearm to nearly 153,000 persons due to National Instant
Criminal Background Check System (NICS) records of felonies, domestic violence
offenses, and other prohibiting factors.

I was denied at least 4 times last year because of my last name confusion. Are those rejections part of that number? I bet they are and it's an incredibly inflated number to help justify the system.

The first linked document shows only 72k denials for 2010, and 34k were felons, 14k were fugitives, and 7.7k violated state law.