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Background checks stop few sales to mentally ill

Between 1998 and 2010 the FBI's searches only stopped 6,000 mentally ill buyers from purchasing guns.

Source: NICS Operations Report 2010. Graphic: Amy Biegelsen/iWatch News.

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