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    Charleston Loophole

    Last Updated: 6.11.2020

      State gives authorities more than three business days to complete a background check on a potential gun buyer. The scope of these laws vary, and many states can take additional steps to strengthen their laws even further.

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      Did you know?

      Every day, 125 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

      Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2019–2023; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

      Last updated: 11.8.2024