Gun control

FBI issues over 4,000 gun seizure orders for failed background checks – report

The FBI has issued 4,170 orders to the ATF to seize guns from people who bought them last year after it was discovered the purchases were not authorized. This follows a federal review of an agency tasked with overseeing millions of firearms sales each year.

A USA Today report Monday says that the people cited as having bought the weapons had criminal records, mental health problems or other issues that would have initially disqualified them from making the purchases.

The FBI’s gun seizure order total for 2016, the largest of its kind in 10 years, was to be executed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

It is not clear how many seizure requests ATF agents actually executed last year, or the total number of guns that were seized during the operation. The report states that the guns seized could be more than 4,000, due to the fact that multiple firearms can be purchased in one transaction, USA Today reported.