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Sep 2nd 2019, 4:08:19

Tigress, earlier you asked:

Originally posted by Tigress:
federal law prohibits those with a criminal background from purchasing firearms, ... yet the above somehow still occurred.


Then, above, you've quoted (I removed the relevant background check points to focus on the point about private sales):

[quote poster=Tigress; 47627; 911870] Under federal law:

* Under federal law, private individuals are not required to a conduct a background check before selling or transferring a firearm to someone who lives in the same state, but it is illegal and punishable by up to 10 years in prison for a private individual to sell or transfer a firearm while “knowing” or having “reasonable cause to believe” that the recipient falls into one of the prohibited categories above.[89] [90]

https://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp [/quote]

That might not account for every case of a firearm obtained by someone who wouldn't pass a Federal background check but it's definitely a risk area.