claim: more than 40 percent of sales nationally are made without background checks.
author: david cicilline
evidence_1: jan 5, 2017 ... “this is the first direct national estimate of the proportion of gun owners ... the  1994 survey was widely quoted as estimating that 40 percent of gun transfers  were conducted without background checks. ... background checks, more than 30  states don't require background checks on private firearm sales.
evidence_2: feb 20, 2018 ... ... false claim that 40 percent of guns are sold without a background checks. ...  looked at gun owners' responses to a 1994 national survey asking how ... it is  based on data from a survey done more than 20 years ago and that, ...
evidence_3: oct 16, 2015 ... clinton incorrectly cites a figure on background checks that is rather stale to  begin with. ... of the claim that 40 percent of gun sales are done without a  background check. ... unpublished data from the 2004 national firearms survey,  ... 70 percent of firearm owners purchased their most recent firearm while ...
evidence_4: jan 2, 2017 ... ... of gun sales conducted without a background check is about half of the ... the  national rifle association, which has called the 40% estimate a a “lie”, ... the  federal background check system has put a stop to more than ... if the purchase  was made online, roughly 45% of respondents didn't face screening.
evidence_5: feb 21, 2017 ... in 1994, 40% of u.s. gun owners who had recently acquired a firearm did ...  universal background checks are favored by more than 90% of all americans (1).  .... firearm purchases made between individuals, at a gun show, or online ... of  what percentage of gun owners did not have a background check).