Handgun purchase waiting period.

[Vermont]

In VT, about 3 min to fill out the ATF 4473, and 5 minutes to put the call into NICS.

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[MotorCityGun]

In Michigan if you have your CPL you just show it and walk out the store with your new gun! If you don't have your CPL its not that bad of a process.. you just go to whatever city police department you live in and get a purchase permit (free, takes about 5 mins) and take that to the gun shop. No waiting period for that either.

FYI, MI is also considering eliminating the requirement for (local PD issued) purchase permits and registration. One can only hope.

[MrBuckwheat]

If the recall election goes well for us, I believe we can work on it. No reason for it if you got the license. If we go with the backwards mayor no chance. That may get more people to get the license and training. I know I would purchase more if I did not have the inconvenience of a 48 hour wait.

[whoppo]

In FLA if you have your CWFL there is no wait period, without it the wait is 3 days in most counties and 5 days in miami/dade, Broward and maybe Palm Beach, a quirk in the laws here allow the counties to add 2 days to the 3 day wait period which I believe is a FEDERAL law.

There is no federally imposed 3-day waiting period unless the NICS check fails to yield either a "proceed" or "denied" response, in which case the FFL must wait 3 business days (not including the day the NICS check was initiated) before transferring the firearm by default.

12 states and the D.o.C. impose their own wating periods... a brief summary can be found here: http://www.lcav.org/content/waiting_periods.pdf

[paaiyan]

No wait in OK.

[CherokeeSlim]

Tennessee - I'm usually approved before I can finish the 4473 & paying.
Cherokee Slim

[RightyLefty]

If the recall election goes well for us, I believe we can work on it. No reason for it if you got the license. If we go with the backwards mayor no chance. That may get more people to get the license and training. I know I would purchase more if I did not have the inconvenience of a 48 hour wait.

I would love for this to happen and I would agree that more people may get a CCW permit to avoid the waiting period. It is silly that you can walk out with a rifle the same day but have to wait two days for a handgun. If someone was to "go off" and started shooting people, that person could do a lot more damage with a AR-15 with 30 rd. mags than that person could do with any handgun. Oh, but a handgun can be concealed someone would say. If someone is that bent on taking out people, that person isn't going to worry about if a weapon can be concealed or not.

[MrBuckwheat]

I would love for this to happen and I would agree that more people may get a CCW permit to avoid the waiting period. It is silly that you can walk out with a rifle the same day but have to wait two days for a handgun. If someone was to "go off" and started shooting people, that person go do a lot more damage with a AR-15 with 30 rd. mags than that person could do with any handgun. Oh, but a handgun can be concealed someone would say. If someone is that bent on taking out people, that person isn't going to worry about if a weapon can be concealed or not.

first: lets get the vote out this June
second: get somebody to sign up for a WI CCL ( need to get our numbers up 107k now??)
third: contact our reps to change the law

[jrclen]

Good plan MrBuckwheat.

[Crashbox]

Here in Warshington, when I bought my GP100 before I had my CPL it was a five-day waiting period, and still is IIRC. Now that I have my CPL, I can- and have- purchased and possessed the firearms in just a few minutes.