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Illegal Aliens Tried Buying Guns 48,000 Times In 25 Years

Over the past 25 years, illegal aliens have attempted to purchase
firearms at gun shops just under 48,000 times - only to be denied,
according to a group that monitors border security policy.
Henry Escobar, manager of MPP Guns in Phoenix, Ariz., stands behind
the counter on Jan. 6, 2024. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times)

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) reported on Jan.
2 that the FBI has nearly 14 million records of firearms applications
that failed a national background check due to "unique prohibiting
events." Of those, 47,930 denials were issued to illegal aliens
according to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
(NICS) between Nov. 1998 and Nov. 2023.

"While the 13.9 million unique prohibiting events cataloged in the FBI
database represent events—not individual illegal aliens—the data point
to large numbers of migrants in the market for firearms. Whatever the
total may be, one is one too many," according to FAIR, which added
that "the dangers posed by largely unvetted illegal aliens possessing
firearms has been vastly exacerbated over the past three years, as the
Biden administration has presided over record numbers of new illegal
aliens entering our country."

"At the same time, federal policies and the proliferation of sanctuary
jurisdictions that prohibit the sharing of critical law enforcement
information will inevitably result in more Americans falling prey to
criminal aliens.":

Meanwhile, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported the seizure
of 547,610 illegal weapons in 2023 alone, including ammunition, gun
parts, scopes, silencers and body armor, the Epoch Times reports. In
2022, there were 1,147,497 weapons seizures.

"We’ve got plenty of laws; criminals are criminals," Arizona gun shop
owner Charlie Bollenbaugh told the outlet. "They’re going to find ways
around them."

    Mr. Bollenbaugh added that there’s “no real way of telling” who is
a U.S. citizen the moment they walk through the door to purchase a
gun.

    But there is a legal process to weed out the ineligible buyers, he said.

    In Arizona, as in other states, the gun buyer must first show a
valid state driver’s license or government-issued photo ID along with
proof of age and residency and have no felony convictions.

    Federal law requires that each buyer fill out and sign a Form 4473
national background check under penalty of perjury. The form is
submitted by the gun store electronically through the NICBS, and the
results are known within minutes. -Epoch Times

"If they are legally allowed to purchase a firearm, and they’ve come
here correctly, the government tells me to go ahead and proceed,"
Bollenbaugh told the Times. "They can’t buy a firearm without going
through a valid background check and presenting a government-issued
ID."
Arnold Gallegos, the owner of ABQ Guns in Albuquerque, N.M., and an
officer with the Jemez Springs Police Department considers a public
health order banning firearms in public an "illegal" act by New
Mexico's governor. Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2023. (Allan Stein/The
Epoch Times)

More via the Epoch Times;

In 2019, the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed
a bill that mandated federal background checks for all legal firearms
sales and transfers.

Included in the bill was a Republican-sponsored amendment that would
have required gun dealers to report to federal immigration when an
illegal alien attempted to purchase a firearm.

The provision failed passage in the Senate in a heavily partisan vote.

“In rejecting this amendment, the Democrats have shown their true
colors,” said U.S. Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), sponsor of the
amendment, in a written statement after the vote.

“It is clear they are not interested in preventing gun violence or
stopping the illegal purchase of firearms, but rather they are only
interested in limiting the rights of law-abiding citizens to advance
their political agenda.”

In southern border states such as Texas, crime involving illegal
aliens is a serious problem.

The DHS reported more than 422,000 criminal aliens were booked into
Texas jails between June 1, 2011, and Dec. 31, 2023, according to the
Texas Department of Public Safety (TDPS).
A group of more than 1,000 illegal immigrants wait in line near a U.S.
Border Patrol field processing center after crossing the Rio Grande
from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 18, 2023. (John Moore/Getty
Images)

Nearly 300,000 were classified as illegal aliens by DHS.

The TDPS added that illegal aliens committed more than 509,000
criminal offenses, including homicide, burglary, drug offenses, theft,
sex crimes, and kidnapping.

In the first few days of 2024, there were 3,104 noncitizen arrests by
CBP, 48 involving weapons violations. In 2023, there were 15,267
arrests, with 307 for weapons offenses, according to CBP data.

Mr. Bollenbaugh said illegal gun purchases by criminals happen “all
the time” despite serious efforts by law enforcement to track every
firearm transaction and serial number in the United States.

He said it is illegal for a U.S. citizen to purchase a firearm for a
person who is not authorized to own a gun, which includes illegal
aliens.

A gun purchase by proxy is known as “straw purchase,” he said.

“The definition of a straw purchase is you are knowingly filling out
the 4473 and background check because you know the person that wants
the gun can’t obtain it legally,” Mr. Bollenbaugh said.

At MPP Guns in Phoenix, gun manager Henry Escobar said the rules are
clear when purchasing a firearm.

“Our policy here is if you come in with more than one person—two or
three people—we’re going to ask everybody for ID,” he said. “Even if
they come in with an ID from another state, we’re going to turn them
down.”

He said that many people enter the store simply to inquire about
purchasing a gun.

“We ask if they’re a citizen, from out of state, or a permanent
resident,” Mr. Escobar told The Epoch Times.

While federal background checks work for the most part, he said: “If
they come in and lie saying they’re a U.S. citizen, and they fill out
the form”—hopefully, “there’s a way for [the ATF] to catch that,” he
said.