Posted on 11/29/2014 3:44:01 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
The busiest shopping day of the year also saw a major boom for gun sales, with the federal background check system expected to set a record of more than 144,000 background checks Friday, according to the FBI.
The staggering number of checks -- an average of almost three per second, nearly three times the daily average -- falls on the shoulders of 600 FBI and contract call center employees who will endure 17-hour workdays in an attempt to complete the background reviews in three business days, as required by law, FBI spokesman Stephen Fischer said.
"Traditionally, Black Friday is one of our busiest days for transaction volume," Fischer said.
On average, more than 500 gun background checks a day fail because of incomplete information required for a decision, according to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which is responsible for checks on firearm purchases from federally licensed shops.
Officials estimate that about 3,000, or 2%, of the more than 144,000 Black Friday background checks will not be completed because of insufficient information from records such as court documents....
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Crossroads of the West show at the Orange County (CA) Fairgrounds was real busy today.
Plenty of ammunition available and at decent prices.
Do the Feds delete all physical/digital records of these background checks as soon as they are complete? Just curious.
Otherwise, it seems like an easy way for them to build a database of all gun owners.
They forward them to Ed Snowden.
I have a Hipoint as a shower gun.....it serves a purpose. No way I am taking a Kimber in there.
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