Claim: In 2009, the FBI "referred more than 71,000" cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, "but U.S. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them."
Fact-check: U.S. files criminal charges in fraction of gun denial cases, Mayors Against Illegal Guns says
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2013-02-03T00:00:00