I was chatting with an acquaintance yesterday who was lamenting the fact that his pawnshop-consigned shotgun may now be tied up for months because the buyer was denied by NICS. The story I got is the buyer has a criminal record which he forgot about, but apparently feels it's not prohibitive and intends to appeal the denial.
So now the seller's shotgun has been "sold" to someone who, for now, may not receive it. And the pawnshop declined to give the seller his money because the shotgun is not "sold" yet.
Does this sound right? It would seem to me the pawnshop should simply return the buyer's money and put the shotgun back up for sale. I wonder if this is just a business rule that's being followed or is there some law in action here?
Either way, this get's back to the way gunshops around here favor doing the deal first, then calling NICS. It seems to me it should be the other way around, lets call NICS first to see if we can have a deal.
So now the seller's shotgun has been "sold" to someone who, for now, may not receive it. And the pawnshop declined to give the seller his money because the shotgun is not "sold" yet.
Does this sound right? It would seem to me the pawnshop should simply return the buyer's money and put the shotgun back up for sale. I wonder if this is just a business rule that's being followed or is there some law in action here?
Either way, this get's back to the way gunshops around here favor doing the deal first, then calling NICS. It seems to me it should be the other way around, lets call NICS first to see if we can have a deal.