there that fall into this. one is have you ever been convicted of a felony? if you check no, atf basically uses this form, 4473, to do that criminal background check and a lot of times those records will not match up. in other words, you won't get a military conviction on an ncic printout to do the background check that atf does. there's also another question on there that goes to mental stability. have you ever committed to a state facility? and if you answer no to that question it really is sort of on the honor system because of hip pa laws atf has no way to check the veracity of that question if you answer yes or no. >> how do you prevent people from slipping through the cracks? >> that's a good question. really the only way, when you purchase a firearm and you use this form 4473, basically all it's doing is checking your criminal history to 345make sur