RANT: Buying a gun as permanent resident

[chadbag]

I'm pretty sure it has been at the Federal level of investigation for a long time.

Actually it is state dependent. Some states do it all, some just do long guns and let the feds do NICs checks on handguns, and some do it all through the Feds. In Utah, I believe it is all state (though I could be wrong). That is what it looks like when I have had things done in the last few years.

[HD1911]

Actually it is state dependent. Some states do it all, some just do long guns and let the feds do NICs checks on handguns, and some do it all through the Feds. In Utah, I believe it is all state (though I could be wrong). That is what it looks like when I have had things done in the last few years.

I see. I know that now, in Kentucky, if you have a CCW License, that is your ticket to buy a handgun/long gun.

I just thought that whenever any handgun is sold from a FFL, the ATF or FBI had to be contacted and a background check be done

[chadbag]

I see. I know that now, in Kentucky, if you have a CCW License, that is your ticket to buy a handgun/long gun.

I just thought that whenever any handgun is sold from a FFL, the ATF or FBI had to be contacted and a background check be done

Same in Utah wrt CCW.

When a handgun is sold, a background check has to be done. (Same for a long gun now). This is part of Brady or son-of-Brady (some replacement for Brady). However, I believe that it can be done by a state entity or a federal entity -- which is why your CCW license makes it easier -- your state is probably doing the approvals and not the feds.

Someone with an FFL can chime in here but this is how I understand it to be. That each state gets to choose if they want to do it themselves or pass it on to the fed NICS system (I would not be surprised if the state people doing this also run it against NICS but that is just a guess).

As I said, I think states can pass it all on to NICS, or do long guns themselves and pass just handguns on to NICS, or do it all themselves.