4473 Further review now requires delay?

[Ryanxia]

I am wondering if anyone else has heard about this.
A friend said he traveled a bit to a gun shop that had a good price on something and that he had a further review (he's not prohibited and has a security clearance to put your mind at ease haha) and the gun shop owner stated that they received notification that due to NICS check volume they will no longer be processing any further reviews over the phone.

Up until now if you call in a 4473 and get a further review sometimes they will put you on hold and then give you a proceed, but according to this shop owner every further review will result in a delay. Any of you FFL's heard of this or is the guy full of it?

 

[blarby]

Yep.


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October 21, 2016



NICS Announces Temporary Processing Change



With very little notice, FBI NICS announced a temporary change in its processing procedure to be effective Saturday, Oct. 22. Rest assured, NSSF will be addressing this matter with FBI NICS. The announcement follows:



On Saturday, October 22, 2016, the NICS Section will be implementing a temporary processing change. Any transaction requiring review will be automatically placed into delay rather than being transferred to the FBI. Historically, the vast majority of NICS transactions, 76 percent, are provided an immediate response. The remaining are transferred to the FBI for review due to a descriptive match of the potential purchaser with a record in one of the databases searched by the NICS. This is known as the Transfer Process. In a normal NICS operational realm, this real-time transfer process allows the FBI to assess whether the transaction could be given a final status by quickly reviewing the record(s) with which the potential purchaser matched and when possible allows the FFL to receive a response to additional transactions while he/she is still on the phone or actively engaged within the NICS E-Check system. However, due to increasing volume, the FBI staff has not been able to provide the Transfer Process service without negatively impacting FFLs with long wait times. With ever-increasing volume, the FBI continues to look for opportunities to improve efficiency both for internal FBI staff and for FFLs. On high volume days, such as a Saturday, FFLs can often be on hold or in researching mode (for E-Check users) for an extended period of time. Therefore, the FBI would like to try a new approach this Saturday to see if there is benefit to placing transactions immediately into delay once a descriptive match is detected. By doing so, FBI staff may be able to process transactions faster and respond with a determination in a more efficient manner rather than keeping FFLs in a holding/researching status unnecessarily. By not having the Transfer Process in place, all staff can be dedicated to work delayed transactions rather than being scheduled to answer phone calls and review E-Check transactions as part of the Transfer Process. The operational results of this change will be evaluated by the FBI early next week. If indeed benefits are realized for both the FBI and the FFL user community, long term changes may be considered.

 

[JTHunter]

"Temporary"??
Yeah, right.

 

[Twiki357]

If you live in one of the approved states, just get a concealed carry permit and don’t worry about it.

 

[Ryanxia]

Interesting. I'm lucky I've never gotten a further review or delay, but I would be some bummed out if this applied to me, especially driving around somewhere that's a bit of a distance to your home where you know you're not going to go back the following week.

 

[Dog Soldier]

It seems the BGs are taking longer. I have a permit so at this time I am protected. I expect if they add the gun shows to this program the waits will be even longer. The demand for firearms has increased beyond all expectations as well.

 

[Cannibul]

Luckily I've never had a problem. Fairly unique name helps.

Now that I'm lucky enough to live in the Republic of Texas and have a LTC I don't even have to undergo a background check!

 

[AlexanderA]

This is very interesting in the sense that the "increased volume" portends that the buying panic has started.

 

[buck460XVR]

"Temporary"??
Yeah, right.

I heard they have already gone back to "business as usual".

 

[Al Thompson]

Work at a LGS, they are indeed back to business as usual.

 

[stchman]

I used to get delays all the time. I then started getting proceeds. Now I get delays.