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Gun Control & RKBA

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6. What am I missing. When you buy a firearm isn't the 24/72 hour. ..

Sat Dec 13, 2014, 09:13 PM

Dec 2014

...waiting period for just that specific reason?

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I saw this as an OP in GD [View all] sarisataka Dec 2014 OP

Good luck mainstreetonce Dec 2014 #1

I'll kick it. calimary Dec 2014 #2

Kick Hangingon Dec 2014 #3

The previous discussion back in August was rather short. ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #4

After all of the clamoring sarisataka Dec 2014 #5

What am I missing. When you buy a firearm isn't the 24/72 hour. .. truebrit71 Dec 2014 #6

Lots of places do not have waiting periods. ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #7

But they still run your info through a database no? truebrit71 Dec 2014 #8

Not in Texas, and with my Texas CHL they don't even have to call oneshooter Dec 2014 #9

No, most states take only 10-30 minutes for a back ground check. GGJohn Dec 2014 #10

Yes, the NICS database. Takes minutes. ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #12

Right. truebrit71 Dec 2014 #15

The NICS check is the one that everyone ought to do. ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #16

Waiting period? S_B_Jackson Dec 2014 #13

Only 10 states have ANY kind of waiting period... Eleanors38 Dec 2014 #14

The waiting period doesn't apply sarisataka Dec 2014 #17

I suspected that. Probably the case on other states. Eleanors38 Dec 2014 #18