> I know that in California over 50% of the 15-day > "background checks" to purchase a handgun are > never done, because the infrastructure does not > support it. For anyone who submits out of state > addresses, they cannot possibly get information > from the out-of-state police departments within > 15 days, so they just don't bother. > > And *none* of the background checks would discover > that this person was writing prolifically to the > Internet urging people to kill the Clintons and > Obama. That is not part of the *scope* of the > background check, which looks only for previous > felonies and misdemeanors. >
****** The FBI claims that background checks are instantaneous: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/nics.htm
