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==Background Check Rejection Appeals Process==

==Background Check Rejection Appeals Process==

According to a January 20 [[USA Today]] article, "in what was called a “makeshift reorganization” [[FBI]] employees tasked with reviewing [[NICS]] appeals have been “temporarily” reassigned to assist with the considerable increase in background checks. According to the article, this has created a backlog of 7,100 denial appeals. Suspending the NICS denial appeal process takes on an even more sinister character when one contemplates the chief gun control measure advocated by the [[Obama administration]]. Under a “universal” background check scheme, individuals would be unable to lawfully obtain firearms without subjecting themselves to a NICS check. If such legislation was currently in force, an individual who found themselves erroneously flagged by NICS, no matter how law-abiding, would have no avenue to legally acquire a firearm and no means to challenge their incorrect NICS status, obliterating their ability to exercise their [[unalienable rights|rights]] in perpetuity, short of judicial intervention. Being flagged by a background check is not uncommon, it happened nearly 91,000 times in 2014. And it isn’t even dispositive of the fact that you can’t buy a firearm. The FBI’s own documents say that being flagged":<ref>[https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/01/26/fbi-stops-appeals-gun-owner-background-checks/ FBI Stops All Appeals Of Gun Owner Background Checks], [[Red State]],  January 26th, 2016.</ref>

According to a January 20 [[USA Today]] article, "in what was called a “makeshift reorganization” [[FBI]] employees tasked with reviewing [[NICS]] appeals have been “temporarily” reassigned to assist with the considerable increase in background checks. According to the article, this has created a backlog of 7,100 denial appeals. Suspending the NICS denial appeal process takes on an even more sinister character when one contemplates the chief gun control measure advocated by the [[Obama administration]]. Under a “universal” background check scheme, individuals would be unable to lawfully obtain firearms without subjecting themselves to a NICS check. If such legislation was currently in force, an individual who found themselves erroneously flagged by NICS, no matter how law-abiding, would have no avenue to legally acquire a firearm and no means to challenge their incorrect NICS status, obliterating their ability to exercise their [[unalienable rights|rights]] in perpetuity, short of judicial intervention. Being flagged by a background check is not uncommon, it happened nearly 91,000 times in 2014. And it isn't even dispositive of the fact that you can't buy a firearm. The FBI's own documents say that being flagged":<ref>[https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/01/26/fbi-stops-appeals-gun-owner-background-checks/ FBI Stops All Appeals Of Gun Owner Background Checks], [[Red State]],  January 26th, 2016.</ref>

* “indicates the prospective firearms transferee or another individual with a similar name and/or similar descriptive features was matched with either federally prohibiting criteria or state-prohibiting criteria.”

* “indicates the prospective firearms transferee or another individual with a similar name and/or similar descriptive features was matched with either federally prohibiting criteria or state-prohibiting criteria.”