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After Gun Sales Surge, DOJ Asks for More Money to Fund NICS, Pay for ATF Gun ‘Retrievals’

March 6, 2025May 14, 2020 by Dan Zimmerman

As gun sales surge during the coronavirus pandemic, the Justice Department is asking Congress for more enforcement resources — including to confiscate guns from people who shouldn’t legally be able to own them. In recent outreach to Capitol Hill, DOJ made two requests related to the spike in gun purchases, according to two sources with … Read more

Pennsylvania Background Checks Generate A Lot of False Positives

March 6, 2025April 21, 2020 by Carl Bussjaeger

Pennsylvania, like most states, had a lot of firearm sales in March. The state performed over 300,000 background checks in the first quarter — over 8300 on March 20 alone — which was enough to briefly crash the state’s online system. The Keystone State also had 4,866 denials during the quarter. No doubt victim disarmers … Read more

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