launched by the FBI on November 30, 1998
United States system for determining if prospective firearms or explosives buyers’ name and birth year match those of a person who is not eligible to buy through an FFL
- mandated by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Law) of 1993
- launched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1998
Background checks are not required under federal law
for intrastate firearm transfers between private parties