Feds seized record numbers of guns in 2020-2021 after historic surge in purchases
Over 6,300 gun retrievals were made by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 2020 after the FBI flagged buyers for reasons related to their criminal records, mental health histories, disqualifying military service records or other bans, according to dataAnother 5,200 retrievals were ordered for the same reasons in 2021 — making it the largest two-year total in failed background checks since the National Instant Criminal Background Check System began operating in 1998.
The seizures came during two red-hot years for gun sales that overlapped with the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide social unrest that manifested in protests and riots.
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