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I wanted to ask a follow up question that has been sticking in my head lately.

With regards to the universal background checks as proposed I often see the counter argument that failed BGCs aren't prosecuted currently or are not followed up with any sort of regularity.

My question is this: Is intent to purchase a firearm that you are not legally allowed to own a federal crime? If a BG goes to a pawn shop (that has a FFL) to purchase a firearm and is denied has a crime been committed? I want to better understand the situation since we use the argument of 'better enforcement of the current laws' in response to new legislation.

EDIT:
Did some checking and found the following. This assumes that the actor deliberately lied on the form. What if the actor did not provide false info (either rock dumb, or didn't know), would the same rules apply? Could the actor be brought on felony charges?

"It is a felony to deliberately provide false information in an effort to buy a gun, and studies financed by the Justice Department show that people who do so are more likely than the average person to commit violent crimes after they are denied a firearm purchase."
ref: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/us/po ... d=all&_r=0