How reassuring this news is

 

A Daily Mail article with an alarming title.

FBI's background check system fails because of huge surge in gun sales amid a summer of civil unrest and rioting and the COVID-19 pandemic

"Background checks may have become more difficult to complete as state law enforcement and other government agencies housing records may have been closed or slower in replying to FBI requests because of the pandemic's impact on staffing, said Rob Wilcox, deputy director of policy at Everytown.

The delays worry groups like Everytown because it means thousands of people prohibited by law from owning guns - such as most convicted felons - may have obtained them as the FBI background check was delayed. '

This is dangerous because of the Charleston loophole, which allows gun sales to proceed by default when a background check takes longer than 3 days to process—meaning that people who are otherwise prohibited from owning firearms are able to purchase guns,' the group said."

As if we needed something else of considerable concern on our collective consciousness this year.

(Got some alliteration in that sentence!)