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If you didn't, give them your social security # and as much info as you can. When I starting buying guns at 18 with an FID my 4473 always got delayed because there is a guy with my first and last name in my town with a felony who is 3 years older than me. Started giving my SS# and it went away.went to purchase my fire firearm today and got “delayed” on background check. Do these always take 3 days in peoples experience ? Also not sure why it was delayed just picked up my LTC
Yes I gave my social I actually had a couple misdemeanor charges when I was younger(dismissed) and when went to seal my record years later I had the same name and DOB of a guy currently incarcerated in Mississippi and had to get a letter from the sheriff down there stating it wasn’t me haha so it could be that guy I have a very common nameIf you didn't, give them your social security # and as much info as you can. When I starting buying guns at 18 with an FID my 4473 always got delayed because there is a guy with my first and last name in my town with a felony who is 3 years older than me. Started giving my SS# and it went away.
Yes I gave my social I actually had a couple misdemeanor charges when I was younger(dismissed) and when went to seal my record years later I had the same name and DOB of a guy currently incarcerated in Mississippi and had to get a letter from the sheriff down there stating it wasn’t me haha so it could be that guy I have a very common name
Don't Upins come with the license? I get a new one every renewal.I've never been delayed but I also have a fairly unique name.
If it happens again - research why and get a upin
Don't Upins come with the license? I get a new one every renewal.
went to purchase my first firearm today and got “delayed” on background check. Do these always take 3 days in peoples experience ? Also not sure why it was delayed just picked up my LTC
better hope he doesn't know about you and has internet savvy buddies...we'll be seeing you on a lifelock ad soon.I had the same name and DOB of a guy currently incarcerated in Mississippi
Lmaooobetter hope he doesn't know about you and has internet savvy buddies...we'll be seeing you on a lifelock ad soon.
What is the process.went to purchase my first firearm today and got “delayed” on background check. Do these always take 3 days in peoples experience ? Also not sure why it was delayed just picked up my LTC
Yep have a cwof when I’m younger guess I will be waiting !What is the process.
- You fill out a 4473
- FFL passes this information to the FBI to run the background
- The FBI computer does a PARTIAL match of your information against records that COULD be disqualifying (BOLD elements are important)
- If a match occurs, the status turns to RESEARCHING requiring an actual human (I use the term loosely for FBI contractors) to review your 4473 and the records flagged by the computer
- IF no human picks up the flagged check within 20 minutes, you get a DELAYED
- IF the human who picks it is lazy or thinks its more work than they want to do before their next smoke break, you get DELAYED
- Sometimes they do their job, realize its not you and you get a PROCEED
- Now that you are DELAYED, they have 3 FULL BUSINESS days to check. So for example you do a background on a saturday, if there are no holidays, the first day the FFL can release to you w/o hearing from the FBI is Thursday
So what might match? Could be an overweight illegal that is 2 feet taller than you that lives In Arizona but has a name similar to yours and a birthday close to yours. The scenario of "its someone else" is most likely when your name is relatively common or close to common (remember, PARTIAL match so john smith is the same as jon smythe is the same as...)
It could be you. If you were EVER arrested and the FBI was transmitted the arrest but not the dropping of charges, its you. If you CWOFed to something here in MA, its you.
This will ALWAYS happen when you do a background. Get a UPIN. Go to Electronic Departmental Order and enter your email at the BOTTOM of the page (the first time is for your records, the bottom is for applying for a UPIN)
What is the process.
- You fill out a 4473
- FFL passes this information to the FBI to run the background
- The FBI computer does a PARTIAL match of your information against records that COULD be disqualifying (BOLD elements are important)
- If a match occurs, the status turns to RESEARCHING requiring an actual human (I use the term loosely for FBI contractors) to review your 4473 and the records flagged by the computer
- IF no human picks up the flagged check within 20 minutes, you get a DELAYED
- IF the human who picks it is lazy or thinks its more work than they want to do before their next smoke break, you get DELAYED
- Sometimes they do their job, realize its not you and you get a PROCEED
- Now that you are DELAYED, they have 3 FULL BUSINESS days to check. So for example you do a background on a saturday, if there are no holidays, the first day the FFL can release to you w/o hearing from the FBI is Thursday
So what might match? Could be an overweight illegal that is 2 feet taller than you that lives In Arizona but has a name similar to yours and a birthday close to yours. The scenario of "its someone else" is most likely when your name is relatively common or close to common (remember, PARTIAL match so john smith is the same as jon smythe is the same as...)
It could be you. If you were EVER arrested and the FBI was transmitted the arrest but not the dropping of charges, its you. If you CWOFed to something here in MA, its you.
This will ALWAYS happen when you do a background. Get a UPIN. Go to Electronic Departmental Order and enter your email at the BOTTOM of the page (the first time is for your records, the bottom is for applying for a UPIN)
If you were ever arrested for anything your chances of getting a delay seem to go up by like 50% even if you were acquitted of the charges.Yes I gave my social I actually had a couple misdemeanor charges when I was younger(dismissed) and when went to seal my record years later I had the same name and DOB of a guy currently incarcerated in Mississippi and had to get a letter from the sheriff down there stating it wasn’t me haha so it could be that guy I have a very common name
Yes, it is 3 days.went to purchase my first firearm today and got “delayed” on background check. Do these always take 3 days in peoples experience ? Also not sure why it was delayed just picked up my LTC
That wasn't a CWOFMy CWOF'd stuff was never an issue. I wasn't arrested for it, might be the diffrence.