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Tens of thousands of people wanted by law enforcement officials have been removed this year from the FBI criminal background check database that prohibits fugitives from justice from buying guns.

The names were taken out after the FBI in February changed its legal interpretation of “fugitive from justice” to say it pertains only to wanted people who have crossed state lines.

What that means is that those fugitives who were previously prohibited under federal law from purchasing firearms can now buy them, unless barred for other reasons.

Since the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) was created in 1998, the background check system has prevented 1.5 million people from buying guns, including 180,000 denials to people who were fugitives from justice, according to government statistics.

It is unclear how many people may have bought guns since February who previously would have been prohibited from doing so.

By Sari Horwitz November 22 at 4:45 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/tens-of-thousands-with-outstanding-warrants-purged-from-background-check-database-for-gun-purchases/2017/11/22/b890643c-ced1-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html
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Liberals always want more gun control, but the govt they worship can't properly enforce the laws they already have.
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Liberals always want more gun control, but the govt they worship can't properly enforce the laws they already have.

It's deliberate.  When something happens, they always use it as an excuse to pass more gun control laws.  Actually enforcing laws on the books runs counter to that strategy.
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I would have thought conservatives would be applauding a federal agency deciding to start restrictions itself to its own authorized jurisdiction.
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