HomePolitics173 NEVADANS’ RIGHTS WRONGLY DENIED: NV’S GUN BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM BY THE NUMBERS Politics 173 NEVADANS’ RIGHTS WRONGLY DENIED: NV’S GUN BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM BY THE NUMBERS: December 9, 2017 Nevada is a point of contact system, which means the State of Nevada Department of Public Safety, Records Department performs background checks for firearms purchases at gun stores, not the FBI. The 173 people who were wrongly denied in 2016, in many cases according to firearms lawyer, Don Green, were forced to hire a lawyer and spend thousands of dollars to get the false positive background check reversed, taking months and even more. The total # of background checks performed by the DPS in 2015 & 2016 2015: 102,304 2016: 116,797 The total # of people denied firearms purchases in those background checks 2015: 2,167 2016: 2,714 The Total # of “false positives” as define by DPS “people we have been denied, who appealed, and then we later overturned their denials.” 2015: 136 2016: 173 The databases does DPS draw from when conducting a firearms background check for an FFL? FBI NICS Indices Nevada criminal history records Nevada wants/warrants Nevada Protection Orders FBI criminal history FBI wants/warrants Parole and Probation Dangerous Offender Status Immigration and Customs Enforcement Las Vegas Metro’s SCOPE system Drivers’ license status Last week 360Daily.net reported on the number of felons who attempted to purchase a firearm: Nevada State Law: ATTEMPT TO OWN/POSSES A GUN BY PROHIBIT PERSON IS A FELONY NRS 202.360.1. 18 USC § 922(g): Federal Law prohibits certain individuals from possessing firearms, ammunition, or explosives. The penalty for violating this law is ten years imprisonment and/or a. $250,000 fine. According to the NV Department of Public Safety public records division: · 2016: 734 backgrounds denied under 18 USC § 922(g)(1) · 2017 year to date: 610 backgrounds denied under 18 USC § 922(g)(1) Total: 1,344
