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What happens if you fail a background check while trying to purchase a firearm?

Sam Z asked:


A previously asked question got me to wondering what exactly happens if a person fails the background check while trying to purchase a firearm. Maybe they were a felon, adjudicated as mentally defective or the system found an old domestic voilence charge in their past.

Will the authorities be called out to investigate or does the application just get torn up as the buyer is booted out of the store?

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This was written by admin. Posted on Friday, April 10, 2009, at 2:05 pm. Filed under Law Enforcement Police. Tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

9 Comments

  1. . wrote:

    No gun for you.

    Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 2:56 am | Permalink
  2. Pooh Bear wrote:

    You don’t get the firearm.

    Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 5:01 am | Permalink
  3. DrakeyPoo wrote:

    Nothing happens. They tell you they are sorry and they can not sell you the firearm. The police are not called because most people do not know they can not purchase a firearm until they are told they can’t, also, it is not illegal to try to purchase a firearm legally if you can’t. It is only illegal to SELL the person a firearm.

    Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 8:21 am | Permalink
  4. Mr. Goodhi wrote:

    Nothing,

    the sale is denied.

    Friday, April 17, 2009 at 3:52 pm | Permalink
  5. A Bounder and a Cad wrote:

    For start if your dumb enough to be sent to submit information that would sent to be sent to jail and tag couple of years on for start if your dumb enough to submit information that would sent to be sent to submit information that would sent to submit information that would.

    Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 12:59 pm | Permalink
  6. Jimmy Whispers III wrote:

    You bribe them.

    Monday, April 20, 2009 at 2:23 am | Permalink
  7. Mike S wrote:

    Well in a situation you don’t get to purchase the weapon. Good luck to you

    Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 8:33 am | Permalink
  8. Zelda L wrote:

    For you are felon then there will be no gun for you are felon then there will be no gun for you.
    For you are felon then there will be no gun for you are felon then there.

    Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 10:05 pm | Permalink
  9. victoria wrote:

    The need to investigate.

    Friday, April 24, 2009 at 6:17 am | Permalink