I stopped in last Friday to one of my favorite places to buy reloading supplies, ammo and other interesting goodies and filled out the paper work on a new S&W M&P 45 full size and after 5 minutes they told me that my backround check was on delay status . I went to the same place last year and bought a mini-14 and waited 3 weeks before I was approved. So I wasn't surprised. My wife who has bought a 9mm pistol was approved in 5 minutes (gunshow). I have never been in trouble and am getting tired of waiting excessive amounts of time to buy a firearm. I should also mention that this has happened to me with an AR-15, after 3 weeks with no response I canceled the order. I bought a 30-06 from a different dealer and was on delay for 3 days which seems quite reasonable to me. My question is what is the "normal " wait time. I live in Albuquerque NM. Does this happen everywhere? Or should I find another place to do business with?
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