Apply Often, Get Guns

A recent GAO report on cases referred for prosecution shows that there were 8 million checks for people purchasing guns, of which 112,000 were denied.  Not quite 13,000 were referred for investigation, but only 12 were actually prosecuted.  So, if a person fails to get an approval, they can always try again or get a gun from another source.  Denials are rare enough, but we have to wonder why so many are not investigated further by ATF.  It might be a resource issue, but if that is the case, we should consider giving ATF more people to follow-up on this kind of denial.