Virtually all of the 118 million U.S. gun purchases since 1994 sailed through federally-required firearm background checks and the legitimate buyers got their guns, according to a new Justice Department report that appears to confirm claims from Second Amendment advocates that the system works.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics said that during the 16 years since the Brady Handgun Prevention Violence Act of 1993 was passed, just 1.8 percent, or 2.1 million, applications for firearm transfers or permits were denied.