CBI chief’s numbers for Colorado gun-sale background checks don’t add up (via Colorado Springs Gazette)

DENVER – The director of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation cited a long list of statistics last month when he told lawmakers there was a compelling public safety interest not to repeal universal background checks.
But some of the numbers Ron Sloan presented were inaccurate and used out of context, according to data provided to The Gazette and other media through an open records request.
Sloan testified that under the new universal background check law there had been 6,198

Source: Colorado Springs Gazette