Orlando shooting aftermath: 5 ways to be denied a gun in Florida

Orlando shooting aftermath: 5 ways to be denied a gun in Florida If you've been convicted of a felony: Store clerks also perform a criminal background check with a phone call to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement You've been convicted of misdemeanour domestic violence or have an active restraining order against you: is the second most common reason to be denied a gun purchase You've been committed to a mental institution: A person deemed "mentally defective" as determined by a court, for reasons of "subnormal intelligence or mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease" is also banned.
A mistake: The opposite outcome, that someone buys a gun who is not supposed to be able to is also possible The loophole: Florida has no law requiring background checks of any kind if a private individual - as opposed to a licensed gun shop - sells to another private individual