Was at our local Cabela's a couple days back. Line at the gun counter went almost to the front door. Gun counter is in the back of the store.
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June 06, 2020, 11:54 AM
SigSentry
last Saturday I did the 4473 thing at my local pawn & gun. It was a 30 min. wait. I guess that's what a $10.50 fee gets you in Colorado. It was 3-4+ days following Sandy Hook and prior to our Universal Background legislation.
January 04, 2021, 05:30 PM
sdy
January 04, 2021, 05:55 PM
Oz_Shadow
When called in, is it a person taking down the info or some voice recognition program?
January 04, 2021, 05:58 PM
Blume9mm
Could be that a good number of folks doing the work kind of over did it this past Friday and Saturday and are at home recooping....
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January 04, 2021, 06:04 PM
BamaJeepster
People done been stimulated!
Put those Trump bucks to work!
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January 04, 2021, 06:53 PM
wreckdiver
I have gift cards from my plumbing wholesaler that are good at Golf Galaxy, Dick's and Field & Stream. I went to F&S last week and saw what was the emptiest ammo shelves I have ever seen, obscure calibers only and very few of them! Happy I stocked up in good times!!
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January 04, 2021, 07:55 PM
gearhounds
The last 4 or so guns I bought I was delayed in the insta-check process...once for 2 full days. The system is being taxed to its limits it seems.
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January 04, 2021, 07:56 PM
Expat
I have been told by those in the know, specific to Oregon, it has been "Black Friday" since this spring for background checks. It has not let up. The queue is deep, but they're working through it.
January 04, 2021, 08:18 PM
DaveL
The chart above shows some incredible numbers for 2020, which we’ve all known. What I didn’t appreciate is how sustained the increase in gun purchases has been. March 2019 was the last month in which checks didn’t set an all time record for that particular month.
January 04, 2021, 09:13 PM
yucaipa
When you strip all of the noise the truth is, Clinton, Obama, Biden nobody can sell guns better than democrats.
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Originally posted by rushfan65: I went to my LGS yesterday to pick up a transfer and usually get in and out in about 10 minutes. They told me it's 5-6 hours, fill out the 4473 and come back today. Went in today and it was done. It's crazy right now.
A few months ago people who came into my friends store in the mornings were told "we will call you when it comes back but it probably won't be till tomorrow" Some background checks were taking 12 to 15 hours to come back. I was hanging out there one day when this was going on. I watched one guy who had a 3 day wait have his background check come back in less than 5 minutes. Another customer with a concealed permit, I was told his background check took till the next day the next time I was there hanging out. There was no rhyme or reason to it.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 71 TRUCK,
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A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
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January 05, 2021, 10:21 AM
c1steve
When I go to Gunbroker, the site shows plenty of AR-15s and pistols at fairly normal prices. This P365, dealer has over 10 for sale, for $600: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/888873967
So there is inventory, perhaps just not at the local stores.
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January 05, 2021, 12:29 PM
benny6
The last background check I did took a week to come back. The queue was in the 3,000 range.
Originally posted by rushfan65: I went to my LGS yesterday to pick up a transfer and usually get in and out in about 10 minutes. They told me it's 5-6 hours, fill out the 4473 and come back today. Went in today and it was done. It's crazy right now.
A few months ago people who came into my friends store in the mornings were told "we will call you when it comes back but it probably won't be till tomorrow" Some background checks were taking 12 to 15 hours to come back. I was hanging out there one day when this was going on. I watched one guy who had a 3 day wait have his background check come back in less than 5 minutes. Another customer with a concealed permit, I was told his background check took till the next day the next time I was there hanging out. There was no rime or reason to it.
In my state a LTC/CHL holder does not have to have a NICS check.
(BTw, "rime" is a form of ice--you meant "rhyme".)
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January 05, 2021, 04:01 PM
rburg
Those of you that might remember (I can't remember what I had for lunch), one of the arguments against the "instant check" system was that if it didn't come back in 3 days, you could buy it anyway. It was pretty clear that if the gov just didn't fund the system adequately, they could ban guns by just not allowing any checks to go through. Seems kind of like where we are going now.
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January 05, 2021, 04:13 PM
stoic-one
quote:
Originally posted by rburg: Those of you that might remember (I can't remember what I had for lunch), one of the arguments against the "instant check" system was that if it didn't come back in 3 days, you could buy it anyway. It was pretty clear that if the gov just didn't fund the system adequately, they could ban guns by just not allowing any checks to go through. Seems kind of like where we are going now.
It took just minutes at Cabelas Springfield for my check to go through Saturday. Near instant I would say.
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January 05, 2021, 08:30 PM
mikeyspizza
quote:
Originally posted by Hamden106: It took just minutes at Cabelas Springfield for my check to go through Saturday. Near instant I would say.
Right before people got their $600.
January 05, 2021, 08:50 PM
signewt
quote:
The last background check I did took a week to come back. The queue was in the 3,000 range.
About 3 weeks ago I got the Oregon "over 3000th in queue" report. My FFL guy called 5 days later & said it finally cleared.
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