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by simonbh 3657 days ago
He failed to mention in his piece that he had not gone through the federal background check process, which is the 5 page document. The gun dealer still has to enter this into their computer system and wait for a response from NICS.

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics

This could take a few minutes to a few hours, depending on how busy the system is.