 school shooting shooting in a school another school shooting ever wonder why gun control isn't getting fixed you're about to find out a USA Today report has revealed that the FBI issued orders to seize more than 4,000 guns last year from people who failed background checks thousands of people were able to purchase guns despite having criminal records mental health issues or other disqualifications so how did this happen it's all thanks to a major loophole within one of our country's strongest gun control measures anyone looking to buy a gun needs to pass a criminal background check but here's the catch if dealers don't hear back from the FBI within three days of requesting the check under federal law they're allowed to go ahead and sell the gun anyway if it turns out later that the person hasn't passed the background check in the FBI issues in order to the ATF to take back the guns that's right take back the guns they already gave to the potentially crazy criminals with a history of violence can you imagine getting your driver's license before you've actually passed the test this can all take a while since there's no electronic database of gun owners this three-day loophole is also part of federal law it's the same loophole that allowed white supremacist Dylan Roof to buy a gun and murder nine churchgoers in Charleston South Carolina in 2015 the FBI later revealed that it has failed to detect Roof's arrest for drug possession a charge that would have disqualified him from buying the gun in the first place of course not all gun owners are criminals but it's clear how easy it is for guns to fall into the wrong hands do you think the FBI and ATF are doing a good job of cleaning up these messes for uprocks I'm Steve Voskis