«While discussions are ongoing and revisions are being considered, the President is supportive of efforts to improve the Federal background check system.» (businessinsider.com)
Republicans are talking about background checks, raising age limits on buying assault - style rifles, and maybe even beefing up the federal background check system — ideas that seemed unfathomable just a few months ago. (vox.com)
This is in part due to staffing issues; as Vox's German Lopez wrote, «the federal background check system is also notoriously underfunded, understaffed, and underresourced, allowing red flags to slip through.» (vox.com)