Sequester Blues

[JWT]

If there are delays it will make having a valid AZ concealed carry permit all the nicer for residents. Still have to fill out the paper work but the FFL doesn't need to call it in.

[JimDandy]

Wait what? The FEDERAL firearms licensee doesn't have to call the FEDS if you have a STATE concealed permit? That doesn't sound right. It may make the check quicker because you are more identifiable, and it may eliminate a state mandated waiting period, but I can't believe they can hold a federal license, and avoid federal law because of a state exemption.

[sigcurious]

It's not a state exemption. It's an exemption written into the brady bill. If a permit/permitting process meets the requirements it grants exemption.

[JimDandy]

Meets what requirements?

[Tom Servo]

Meets what requirements?

From 27 C.F.R. § 478.102:

(d) Exceptions to NICS check. The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply if—
(1) The transferee has presented to the licensee a valid permit or license that—
(i) Allows the transferee to possess, acquire, or carry a firearm;
(ii) Was issued not more than 5 years earlier by the State in which the transfer is to take place; and
(iii) The law of the State provides that such a permit or license is to be issued only after an authorized government official has verified that the information available to such official does not indicate that possession of a firearm by the transferee would be in violation of Federal, State, or local law: Provided, That on and after November 30, 1998, the information available to such official includes the NICS