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Interesting, but what's not shown are the number of people that attempt to purchase and are discouraged by the 4473/NICS check before it even starts. Much like the "gun violence" statistics don't include defensive uses of firearms where no shot is fired, the same can be said of people that are stopped from buying a gun _because_ of the process before them.

Yes, it happens. Often if you're a retail gun dealer.

I'm not saying the system is perfect, but I am saying that people that are disqualified from purchasing will often try to circumvent the system, or hope they aren't caught. It's cheaper than getting something on the black market, and there's more selection.