Lone_Gunman
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Georgia's CCW permit has been ruled insufficient by the ATF as a means of exempting a gun purchaser from being subjected to a NICS check at the time of a gun purchase.
So it now seems that GA permit holders will undergo NICS checks like everyone else.
I am a little confused about NICS, and would have a few questions. I am particularly interested in hearing from FFL holders who deal with this stuff every day.
When I make a gun purchase, the dealer calls the FBI for a NICS check. My questions deal with how my approval is documented.
Is the dealer given some kind of confirmation, like a number perhaps, for my approval? How is the NICS approval documented on 4473? How does the ATF know he actually called and got a legitimate NICS approval, and not just make it up?
I know the FBI is supposed to delete NICS data after 24 hrs. However, if the issue of whether or not a NICS approval is legitimate or not ever came up, it looks to me like there would have to be some type of long term storage of data to prove later that the NICS check was done.
So it now seems that GA permit holders will undergo NICS checks like everyone else.
I am a little confused about NICS, and would have a few questions. I am particularly interested in hearing from FFL holders who deal with this stuff every day.
When I make a gun purchase, the dealer calls the FBI for a NICS check. My questions deal with how my approval is documented.
Is the dealer given some kind of confirmation, like a number perhaps, for my approval? How is the NICS approval documented on 4473? How does the ATF know he actually called and got a legitimate NICS approval, and not just make it up?
I know the FBI is supposed to delete NICS data after 24 hrs. However, if the issue of whether or not a NICS approval is legitimate or not ever came up, it looks to me like there would have to be some type of long term storage of data to prove later that the NICS check was done.