hasing a firearm. All licensees however, no matter what state that the individual is in must be enrolled with the FBI before they can initiate NICS checks through the FBI’s NICS Operations Center. Licensed gun sellers can get themselves into a lot of trouble if they do not act accordingly with the Brady Act. If they were to provide a firearm to a prohibited person or a felon, they could receive up to ten years in prison. For any AIL violations under the Brady Act, instant check phase, licensees can receive up to one year in prison. Lastly, for knowingly making any false statements yourself, or knowing that some one else has made a false statement on Federal Form 4473, which is the form used in applying for the purchase of a firearm, the penalty is a ten year prison sentence. In some cases, depending on the state that you are in as well as the store that you are purchasing a firearm from, there can be further background checks. These background checks are not authorized by NICS, they are required by some states and some storeowners, that just prefer to be safe and use the checks, again waiting periods and finger printing will usually come about. Usually these further background checks are ran off a state’s or licensed dealer’s personal database. In many cases, these checks will require a short delay in the transfer of the firearm. Depending on what state that you are in there are what is known as POC’s or State points of Contact. NICS are free of charge, but if a state demands that you must go through POC there is a possibility that you will be charged a fee. Also some states require that for handgun purchases, the background check must run through the states POC as well as the FBI’s NICS Operations Center. In this case, there is usually a waiting period and and chances are that the purchaser will be finger printed. There are some falsities regarding the Brady Law. Many people think that there i...
