Outdoorsman99
.177 BB
Trying to do a transfer and the gentleman failed his background check. He said he never had any trouble before purchasing a gun and is going to appeal it. Any idea how long this process could take?
Appealing a Failed Background Check
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BDinPutnam
.475 A&M Magnum
More background?
Celt
.338 Win Mag
Doesnt he just have to wait at this point? It used to be 3 days, now I think our masters made it 30???
Outdoorsman99
.177 BB
He got delayed and after a few days of waiting he was denied. He said he was going to appeal the background check denial which might take a few weeks. I dont mind waiting but if it takes more then a month and comes back denied again I'm not going to be happy. I was wondering if someone had a similar situation happen and how long it took.
PutnamCharlie
6.5 Creedmoor
Find another buyer.
dwa12479
.338 Win Mag
Sucks to say, but I would move on to the next buyer.
Acer-m14
.950 JDJ
he will be on the phone with ATF for prolly a yr getting it fixed .. if he does get it fixed he needs get a PIN from the ATF and use that ( i think its called ) ..
spat
.700 Nitro Express
I think it's called a UPIN.
Acer-m14
.950 JDJ
yep UPIN ..
Instruction for Question 9: Clarifies that the licensee should provide the UPIN when conducting background checks through the NICS or the State POC.
ArmedCorgi
.475 A&M Magnum
I'd walk and find a new buyer. It's nice of you to want to give them the benefit of the doubt, but it would seem they have some work to do to get things squared up. You shouldn't have to put your sale on hold for that or otherwise be involved.
Acer-m14
.950 JDJ
keep the sale open .. he may get it fixed ,.. never know .. but the old saying .. first come first served ( if you pass the test for guns) ..
misunderestimated
.223 Rem
A right delayed is a right denied
Blimey
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Yep, give up on the guy at this point. You could end up waiting weeks or months or never. Waste of your time. This is his problem now. The fact he doesn't even know why he was denied is a red flag as well.
GUNSICK
6.5 Creedmoor
I had an FFL tell me that applying for a UPIN has a 5 year wait now for a call back. Don’t know the guy that well so he may be full of shit. I’d find another buyer.
Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
Unless I was in dire need I could lay my hands on, I would give the guy all the time he needed.
Robin
Robin
Saltwater60
.950 JDJ
You don’t know this guy from the next. He could be the nicest guy or could be a twenty time felon. Wait if you want but I’ve never known anyone who got delayed and with the amount t of background checks I doubt it will be fast.
repete
.338 Win Mag
Not the question you asked but an answer any way! Depends, is the gun paid for in full? If so I'd give him all the time in the world!
Good luck
I was wrongly denied in 2015 and it took me almost 3 years to get my rights back.
After almost 3 years I wrote to president Trump and won my appeal within 5 days. Ive told the whole story here before.....search for it.
The denial appeal process is simple enough but your case is put on a pile so you just wait. If you go to the NICS appeal page at the FBI it will say what date they are processing. Last I looked it was around 2 years.
So, you have to wait 2 years for a human to even look at your appeal.
Dead serious, I went through it all.
The UPIN number came a couple months later.
When you send in your appeal you need to send a set of fingerprints for the UPIN to be processed.
Now my NICS comes back in 5 mins or less.
Not a fun process. And a lawyer cannot help. I found out the hard way.
I was wrongly denied in 2015 and it took me almost 3 years to get my rights back.
After almost 3 years I wrote to president Trump and won my appeal within 5 days. Ive told the whole story here before.....search for it.
The denial appeal process is simple enough but your case is put on a pile so you just wait. If you go to the NICS appeal page at the FBI it will say what date they are processing. Last I looked it was around 2 years.
So, you have to wait 2 years for a human to even look at your appeal.
Dead serious, I went through it all.
The UPIN number came a couple months later.
When you send in your appeal you need to send a set of fingerprints for the UPIN to be processed.
Now my NICS comes back in 5 mins or less.
Not a fun process. And a lawyer cannot help. I found out the hard way.
Saltwater60
.950 JDJ
Agreed especially if he provided SS#
Saltwater60
.950 JDJ
Wow that’s insane. I never read that or knew that. I’ll have to search for it.
Do you think writing to Trump helped or was it just timing?
It helped
Within a couple days one of Trumps aides called me to get the facts.
Five days later or so I got my possitive appeal.
Then the aide called back and asked if everything worked out.
He then gave me his phone number incase I had any other isdues.
They took it pretty serious.
I was told that over 70% of denials are false denials but you still need to wait.
I dont kniw if Trump will help now. I had waited 2 years and 10 months. I think that was the reason for the quick help.
The aide said it was ridiculous.
Within a couple days one of Trumps aides called me to get the facts.
Five days later or so I got my possitive appeal.
Then the aide called back and asked if everything worked out.
He then gave me his phone number incase I had any other isdues.
They took it pretty serious.
I was told that over 70% of denials are false denials but you still need to wait.
I dont kniw if Trump will help now. I had waited 2 years and 10 months. I think that was the reason for the quick help.
The aide said it was ridiculous.
I bet Biden and Beto would have had their guys jump right on it too.....
I used my ss number but still got denied.
Saltwater60
.950 JDJ
That’s pretty awesome you received a call back. I figured it would have gone Unanswered
I was shocked but grateful.
Trump didnt have anything to do with it bur his aide was great......Adam.....or maybe Ben was his name.
Ill look for the emails.
He gave me his extention number to get ahold of him for anything else.....gun related or not.
Neat expierience.
I wasnt expecting anything but it worked out great. Ive bought 5 guns sinse.
meketrefe
.450/400 Nitro Ex
SmallGameAddict
.308 Win
And to think we used to look for good deals on guns at garage sales, and it was cash and carry.
Saltwater60
.950 JDJ
I’m too young. I wish I saw those days when I had cash to buy like that.