Purchasing a handgun issue

Tjplush84 · January 16, 2018, 04:43 PM

Will make this as short and simple as possible. I live in Kansas and purchased a handgun this past Saturday. Background check and everything was fine and left that day without issues. Yesterday (Monday) I went back to the same store to purchase a different handgun that I had also had my eye on. My background check came back "delayed". I have no issues with the law, no felonies, military, or anything that could bring this back as delayed. My research gave me mixed results on purchasing multiple handguns within a short period of time. Some said you can purchase multiple the same day no problem and some said 1 per week. Does anyone have any insight on this?

625TC · January 16, 2018, 05:40 PM

I do not know KS law but there is no federal law against multiple handgun purchases. The FFl is required to report multiple handgun sales to the ATF that happen within 7 days of each other. However would expect your delay is more due to s system problem those are very common

lamarw · January 16, 2018, 06:15 PM

I recently purchased a revolver in my home State of Alabama. Took a total of about 10 minutes. During the process I saw a nice used Norinco SKS at a very good price on their used sales rack. I drove around the block, went back and bought it. Not an issue in my purchase.

shootniron · January 16, 2018, 06:18 PM

No big deal...they will call you to come get it.

Delays happen from time to time...for no apparent reason.

Cheapshooter · January 16, 2018, 06:43 PM

Shootniron has it exactly right. Just a glitch in the system.

bn12gg · January 16, 2018, 07:21 PM

My checks go thru almost instantaneously ---- clean living !!

.02. David.

Kreyzhorse · January 16, 2018, 07:31 PM

Don't sweat it, delays happen occasionally.

Green Lantern · January 16, 2018, 07:43 PM

Monday

Holiday for Martin Luther King.

Blindstitch · January 16, 2018, 10:18 PM

Just a delay don't worry.

mrdaputer · January 17, 2018, 12:31 PM

I have been delayed before it is that they are very busy is all. You will get a call soon if you haven't already

dogtown tom · January 17, 2018, 03:46 PM

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Tjplush84 ........ I have no issues with the law, no felonies, military, or anything that could bring this back as delayed.

When FBI NICS runs your background check it may have returned records of prohibited persons with the same or similar name as yourself. The NICS Legal Document Examiner often needs to do additional research to see if any of those records apply to you.

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My research gave me mixed results on purchasing multiple handguns within a short period of time. Some said you can purchase multiple the same day no problem and some said 1 per week. Does anyone have any insight on this?

No Federal law restricts the number of firearms a single buyer can acquire at any time.

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625TC ....The FFl is required to report multiple handgun sales to the ATF that happen within 7 days of each other.

Not true.
Multiple sale of handgun reporting is required when the same buyer acquires more than one handgun from the same dealer in any five day period that the dealer is conducting business. The five day period only counts the days when the dealer is conducting business.

Example 1:
Buyer purchases his first handgun on Monday, Jan 8th, then returns on Saturday Jan 13th to buy another.....no report required.

Example 2:
Dealer is only open weekdays. Closed weekends and holidays. Buyer buys his first handgun on Friday, January 12th. Buyer returns and purchases the second handgun before Saturday, Jan 20th....a Multiple Sale report is required.

Example 3:
The dealer is only open Saturdays and Sundays.
Buyer purchases his handgun on Saturday, January 6th. If he returns to that same dealer and purchases before Sunday Jan 21st a Multiple Sale report is required.

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However would expect your delay is more due to s system problem those are very common

Doubtful

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Green Lantern Monday Holiday for Martin Luther King.

Very likely.
When multiple records return to the FBI NICS customer service rep, they forward the call to an FBI Legal Document Examiner who has the authority to decide if the records are that of the OP or that of a prohibited person. Often the record is a state or local document that may not be immediately accessible to the Examiner due to a state holiday. They will give a status of "Delayed" while they continue to research records.

Prof Young · January 17, 2018, 04:56 PM

I too have experienced a "delay" twice. It did seem to happen when I as buying more guns more frequently, but I didn't keep exact records. In both instances I had the gun in less than a week's time.

Life is good.
Prof Young

January 16, 2018, 04:43 PM	#1
Tjplush84 Junior Member Join Date: January 15, 2018 Posts: 1	Purchasing a handgun issue Will make this as short and simple as possible. I live in Kansas and purchased a handgun this past Saturday. Background check and everything was fine and left that day without issues. Yesterday (Monday) I went back to the same store to purchase a different handgun that I had also had my eye on. My background check came back "delayed". I have no issues with the law, no felonies, military, or anything that could bring this back as delayed. My research gave me mixed results on purchasing multiple handguns within a short period of time. Some said you can purchase multiple the same day no problem and some said 1 per week. Does anyone have any insight on this?

January 16, 2018, 06:43 PM	#5
Cheapshooter Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 8,306	Shootniron has it exactly right. Just a glitch in the system. __________________ Cheapshooter's rules of gun ownership #1: NEVER SELL OR TRADE ANYTHING!

January 16, 2018, 07:31 PM	#7
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	Don't sweat it, delays happen occasionally. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

January 16, 2018, 10:18 PM	#9
Blindstitch Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2013 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 2,693	Just a delay don't worry. __________________ NRA Lifetime Member

January 16, 2018, 05:40 PM	#2
625TC Member Join Date: January 15, 2018 Posts: 67	I do not know KS law but there is no federal law against multiple handgun purchases. The FFl is required to report multiple handgun sales to the ATF that happen within 7 days of each other. However would expect your delay is more due to s system problem those are very common

January 16, 2018, 06:15 PM	#3
lamarw Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2010 Location: Lake Martin, AL Posts: 3,311	I recently purchased a revolver in my home State of Alabama. Took a total of about 10 minutes. During the process I saw a nice used Norinco SKS at a very good price on their used sales rack. I drove around the block, went back and bought it. Not an issue in my purchase.

January 16, 2018, 06:18 PM	#4
shootniron Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,599	No big deal...they will call you to come get it. Delays happen from time to time...for no apparent reason.

January 16, 2018, 07:21 PM	#6
bn12gg Senior Member Join Date: February 19, 2011 Location: Winter Park, Florida Posts: 470	My checks go thru almost instantaneously ---- clean living !! .02. David.

January 16, 2018, 07:43 PM	#8
Green Lantern Member Join Date: September 9, 2017 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 95	Monday Holiday for Martin Luther King.

January 17, 2018, 12:31 PM	#10
mrdaputer Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2013 Posts: 493	I have been delayed before it is that they are very busy is all. You will get a call soon if you haven't already

January 17, 2018, 04:56 PM	#12
Prof Young Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2007 Location: Illinois - down state Posts: 2,404	I too have experienced a "delay" twice. It did seem to happen when I as buying more guns more frequently, but I didn't keep exact records. In both instances I had the gun in less than a week's time. Life is good. Prof Young