“In 2020 and 2021, there were over a million opportunities for someone to purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer without having their background checked.”
“Overall, 1,002,274 background checks, or 4.2 percent, took more than three business days to complete in 2020 and 2021 than at any other time since at least 2014… Federal law permits dealers to sell weapons after the third business day while the background check is still being processed, which could put weapons in the hands of people who aren’t legally allowed to own a gun due to mental illness or a criminal record.
