Latest e-mail from the bureaucraps at ATF to a LGS
Short Version: 18-20 yr olds – automatic 10 day delay and info transmitted to fed, state and local law enforcement for possible investigation.
As a result of the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) of 2022, signed into law on June 25, 2022, the NICS Section is working towards the implementation of an enhanced background check process for persons between the ages of 18-20.
The enhancement provides the opportunity for additional outreach and research to be conducted regarding the existence of any juvenile adjudication information and/or mental health prohibition. As a result, transactions on persons between the ages of 18-20 will initially be delayed. In order to conduct the aforementioned outreach and research, the address of the individual will be collected so that the appropriate local and state entities may be contacted.
All descriptive information, including address, will follow normal purge requirements (i.e., deleted from NICS within 24 hours of the FFL receiving a proceed status.) If potentially prohibiting juvenile information is uncovered, the BSCA allows for the delay period to extend up to ten business days. However, if no potentially prohibiting information is located, the transaction will be proceeded as soon as possible.
The NICS Section is working in collaboration with numerous other entities in the implementation of all aspects of the BSCA and will keep you informed as additional guidance becomes available.
Thank you!
Tar. Feathers. Politicians.
Some assembly required.
I remember going into Ben Milgrim’s pawn shop on Main St back in the day. He had a ’94 Winchester that I managed to talk him down a bit on. But when he saw I wasn’t 21 he refused to sell me the rifle, although by state law I was legally allowed to make the purchase. Putting obstacles in the road of young people just because other young people have made bad choices is just as abhorrent as doing so to older folk. We should all be allowed to stand on our own and answer for our own lives and decisions. If their NICS isn’t up to catching the bad actors in the act, then it needs overhauled, not used to punish the innocent for the acts of the guilty.
Oh, and I never bought a thing from Milgrim after that, spent my money with more deserving folk.