CCW makes you exempt from background check?

[Good Ol' Boy]

Last pistol I purchased was Feb '16. Walked in, NO CCW, showed DL and vehicle registration as second ID, filled out a 4473 and a sheet for the store. Guy told me to wait for BG check. Maybe 5min later, before I had even finished looking at ammo the guy comes back saying the check was good to go.

Maybe it's just my state, but if it goes like that for me all the time I really don't care if my CCW negates a few minutes. I am getting my CC by the way...

 

[Warp]

Last pistol I purchased was Feb '16. Walked in, NO CCW, showed DL and vehicle registration as second ID, filled out a 4473 and a sheet for the store. Guy told me to wait for BG check. Maybe 5min later, before I had even finished looking at ammo the guy comes back saying the check was good to go.

Maybe it's just my state, but if it goes like that for me all the time I really don't care if my CCW negates a few minutes. I am getting my CC by the way...

Sometimes that background check system is down. Sometimes it has the FFL wait/hold for several days for no good reason. Not typical but not uncommon.

 

[packpike]

Agree with Warp that sometimes the system is down. My dad and I passed through a Walmart in NC a few years ago on Black Friday. I saw a Sig AR-10 that we were interested in but the NICS system went down so no one could purchase anything at the time. We both had our concealed permits (me SC, my dad NC) so my dad was able to make the purchase.

 

[toivo]

I think "SC" in his post means "South Carolina."

#1 was I can't read, I saw the word "so" where you had the postal abbreviation SC lol

Well...

Oops ... Note to self: read whole thread before replying.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

The instant background check in Tennessee goes through the state first, then they check NICS, and approve, deny or delay the sale.

The instant check replaced the state Application for Permission to Purchase a Handgun requiring Chief of Police or County Sheriff sign-off on a local BG check, with waiting period up to fifteen days to complete the check. Under that system, I had two approved in fifteen minutes after I handed the application to the Police Dept. and another approved within 36 hours by mail after I drove to the county seat to present the application to the desk clerk at the sheriff's office.

It would be nice if my TN Handgun Carry Permit (which required state and federal BG checks and since I still have it that means I have not been arrested) were accepted in place of the instant check, but compared to what I dealt with for decades, the system has gotten easier for me, so I am not inclined to complain.

(I do think the restrictions on the law abiding have little or no effect on bad behavior by bad people. I also remember when the state actually debated banning handguns 1959-1961, my father and my uncle both made a point of acquiring handguns and curiousity lead me to discover that local bootleggers ran guns along with beer and booze. But my point is, I guess, I have seen restrictions and their unintended consequences lifted in my lifetime; I expect the trend to continue. The prohibitionists blame the NRA for that, so I make a point of finding the money to keep up my NRA membership. )

 

[Al Thompson]

As this is a resurrected 10 year old thread, I'm closing this one as things have indeed changed and the age may be confusing.