TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 8, 2023

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is working to clear a backlog of 230,000 court case dispositions that have not yet been linked to criminal records in the state’s background check system, which is used for prospective gun buyers, officials said. The gap means some individuals could potentially have a criminal conviction that would disqualify them from buying a gun, but the case may not show up in a background check. According to the Tennessean, while many states solely use the federal background check system, Tennessee is one of 13 states that conduct their own background checks using state and federal records.