Moms Demand Action Loves Gun Sellers…Well Some of Them. For Now

By Dan Zimmerman

As you may have heard, Dylann Roof bought the gun he used in the Charleston church shooting legally. He was able to get his gun, despite a disqualifying criminal background, because the FBI’s NICS check system failed to flag him. That apparently prompted the Bloomberg-backed hoplophobic harpies at Moms Demand Action to survey some of the nation’s biggest gun sellers to see what their policies are regarding background checks . . .

In their infinite wisdom, when Congress wrote the Brady Bill establishing the NICS background check system, they limited the Fibbies to a three-day maximum turn-around. It was a smart move, because given the current administration’s proclivities, it isn’t hard to imagine someone using his pen and his phone to order a de facto seven-day (or longer) waiting period on all gun purchases via a NICS system slow-walk.

But as the FBI advises,

If the FFL has not received a final determination from the NICS after three business days have elapsed since the delay response, it is within the FFL’s discretion whether or not to transfer the firearm (if state law permits the transfer). If the FFL transfers the firearm, the FFL must check “no …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns