RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
April 7, 2014 at 10:50 pm
(This post was last modified: April 7, 2014 at 10:53 pm by popeyespappy.)
(April 7, 2014 at 8:23 pm)Chas Wrote: Yes, the laws vary from state to state, but it is never legal for a convicted felon to legally buy or possess a firearm.
Not strictly true. Once again the laws vary greatly by state, but convicted felons can have their right to bear arms restored. In some places like Minnesota a non violent convicted felon has their right to bear arms restored almost as soon as their sentence is served. Other states it is harder, but their are legal avenues available for the restoration of tthis civil right even at the federal level. That one is a bit more problematic these days as the BATAF avenue for doing that hasn't been funded for over a decade now.
Quote:The "instant background check" is anything but instant. It is quite complete and takes several minutes to several days.
While I'm sure that is true for some it has never been my experience. Typically it takes longer to enter the data from the 4473 into the NICS system than it it does to get an approval for a person with a clean record. One thing that helps is to provide your social security number on the 4473. Keeps me from being confused with anyone else that shares the same name.
(April 7, 2014 at 8:39 pm)Rahul Wrote: My company does background searches. Those things can take weeks based on how comprehensive they are. The problem is that you have to wait on returns to come back county by county. And some backwater counties still use paper based records.
A federal check would come back in seconds. But that's not very comprehensive.
I frequently have to explain this stuff to customers.
Agreed that NICS checks are not very comprehensive. One gun control I would be 100% behind is to make reporting to the NICS system automatic and mandatory.
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