Gun Control & RKBA

Hope all is well, flamin. NICS Audit Log records relating to denied transactions are retained for 10 years, after which time they are transferred to a Federal Records Center for storage(1). 4473s are retained by the FFL for at least twenty years, of course if the FFL goes out of business or loses his or her liscense those 4473s are sent to the ATF. It's even easier if a 4473 listed with a denial in section 21 is reviewed during compliance inspection by the ATF. All they have to do is reconcile the denials with the NICS log...like shooting fish in a barrel.

If someone has a felony, especially a recent felony or disqualifier they couldn't have forgotten about, then a denied NICS check and a fraudulent 4473 should result in prosecution.

With respect to straw purchasers, a short time to crime, a known convict and a 4473 should make a good case. The ATF takes these cases on. They should just do more of it in collaboration with state and local law enforcement.

Just my .02.

(1) https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/25.9