First time being delayed, why?

[hoardingthemanual]

Nothing in the Brady Law requires a dealer to transfer a firearm. In fact, when NICS tells the dealer it's delayed, this what they say: " NTN# ABC0123456 is delayed while NICS conducts additional research. The Brady Law does not prohibit the transfer of this firearm on October 17, 2023".

So Academy WAS in compliance with the Brady Law. "can happen" is different than must happen.
While I gladly transfer when the Brady Law allows, I fully understand why others don't.

I ended up having my firearm transferred when the Brady Law allowed. Academically, am I correct in understanding that a denial can still be sentenced? I’ve heard that there’s still up to 3 months in which a transferred firearm via the Brady Law can be found denied and then a myriad of way to recover the firearm are now available.

 

[dogtown tom]

am I correct in understanding that a denial can still be sentenced?

A denial isn't a crime.

I’ve heard that there’s still up to 3 months in which a transferred firearm via the Brady Law can be found denied and then a myriad of way to recover the firearm are now available.

Ive had one delay that a month later NICS called and gave me a "Denied". I had to email a copy of the Form 4473 and never found out what happened.
If they wanted it, they had his address.

 

[12Bravo20]

Being a veteran, police officer, having top secret clearance, etc has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with an FBI NICS check.

It's a name and descriptive information check.

This is 100% correct. The above has never caused me any issues with a NICS check.

The only time being in the military has caused me an issue was back in 1995 while I was stationed at Ft. Irwin Ca. When the Sheriff's office called the base for information about me, Ft Irwin would not release any of my information to the Sheriff's department.

 

[herrwalther]

Nothing in the Brady Law requires a dealer to transfer a firearm. In fact, when NICS tells the dealer it's delayed, this what they say: " NTN# ABC0123456 is delayed while NICS conducts additional research. The Brady Law does not prohibit the transfer of this firearm on October 17, 2023".

So Academy WAS in compliance with the Brady Law. "can happen" is different than must happen.
While I gladly transfer when the Brady Law allows, I fully understand why others don't.

Well that is what I meant. You certainly know the verbiage of the Brady law better than I. I just know that Brady does allow a shop to transfer a firearm after 3 business days, if they so choose. But, as you said, not doing so is not a violation of Brady. Their refusal to transfer the firearm was after I pointed out Brady does allow them to do so. My "Karen" move was trying to get a store manager involved to get the shotgun I wanted. The manager explained that they use a blanket policy for states that have different laws regarding Brady. Like NICS must return a "proceed" in order to transfer. My Academy story is merely a cautionary tale about how some chain stores handle delays.

It was really no skin off my teeth. Within a year I had a better shotgun than the one I was trying to buy.

 

[dogtown tom]

...... The manager explained that they use a blanket policy for states that have different laws regarding Brady. Like NICS must return a "proceed" in order to transfer. My Academy story is merely a cautionary tale about how some chain stores handle delays.

Academy and other chains are rightfully paranoid. No retailer wants to be the one vilified by the media for "selling a gun without NICS approval!"
It's not just NICS check, but all firearm transactions that cause retailers to be more than a bit scared of violating a state or federal law.