Long and the short of it, for the last several years, I have consistently received a delay every single time I have attempted a background check. It first started with a false denial, but once the initial appeal went through, I just kept getting delays and the proceed call would come in several days later. Up until that denial, I'd bought many guns in my life, and had never had any interaction with law enforcement in a criminal/DV/court ordered capacity.
Flash forward to 2014, a couple years after moving to MA, and I am sick and god damned tired of driving to BFE to shops with wonky inconvenient (read: closed Sundays/Mondays and early on Saturday) hours to pick up a firearm after the proceed comes in 4 days later (haven't found one shop that would transfer on the 3rd day here). I finally decide to send it for my UPIN. Paperwork taken care of, prints done, envelope mailed off, certified return receipt arrives back in my mailbox a week and a half later.
Flash forward to June 2015, I make the long drive to a dealer that gives me phenomenal prices. While he was on the phone with NICS I started commenting about how I'll have to be back in a few days to pick it up. A few seconds goes by and he says "No you won't, you'll take it today". Sumbitch got a proceed. I was stoked, but chalked it up to luck.
Yesterday, and today I performed two checks on lowers, both with instant proceeds. To which, I'm ecstatic about. I'll finally consider visiting gun shows.
Funny thing is though, I've yet to receive anything else from the ATF regarding my UPIN which I've still never received. I'm curious as to whether this has been anyone else's experience, and whether it's a signal of your UPIN being created, or whether ATF just fixed whatever flag existed in my profile to trigger a delay.
Flash forward to 2014, a couple years after moving to MA, and I am sick and god damned tired of driving to BFE to shops with wonky inconvenient (read: closed Sundays/Mondays and early on Saturday) hours to pick up a firearm after the proceed comes in 4 days later (haven't found one shop that would transfer on the 3rd day here). I finally decide to send it for my UPIN. Paperwork taken care of, prints done, envelope mailed off, certified return receipt arrives back in my mailbox a week and a half later.
Flash forward to June 2015, I make the long drive to a dealer that gives me phenomenal prices. While he was on the phone with NICS I started commenting about how I'll have to be back in a few days to pick it up. A few seconds goes by and he says "No you won't, you'll take it today". Sumbitch got a proceed. I was stoked, but chalked it up to luck.
Yesterday, and today I performed two checks on lowers, both with instant proceeds. To which, I'm ecstatic about. I'll finally consider visiting gun shows.
Funny thing is though, I've yet to receive anything else from the ATF regarding my UPIN which I've still never received. I'm curious as to whether this has been anyone else's experience, and whether it's a signal of your UPIN being created, or whether ATF just fixed whatever flag existed in my profile to trigger a delay.
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