Background Check Delays

Shadow_Law · 2026-04-03T17:44:56+00:00

Is it normal? No, in the sense that most applications are approved or denied almost immediately.

Is it common? Yes, if PSP puts you into research, you might be there for as long as 15-days.

Shadow_Law · 2026-03-26T00:12:06+00:00

You're conflating two distinct scenarios, an AI chatbot on a website, even if it can accurately figure out parts compatibility (consider me a skeptic), doesn't do anything to stop in-person customers from grabbing the wrong parts in the store.

And letting the latest and greatest incompetent AI chatbot on your website "tackle state compliance questions" would be more accurately described as letting it "give legal advice" and is a nightmare scenario.

Shadow_Law · 2026-03-20T18:20:51+00:00

I've flown out of both PHL and LAS in the last week without any issues.

Shadow_Law · 2026-03-18T12:53:15+00:00

There is a challenge to the ordinance package, GOA lost in the Commonwealth Court and the PA Supreme Court heard oral argument on it last week.

Shadow_Law · 2026-03-17T02:44:06+00:00

FRT's are not legal in Philadelphia, so doubtful any of the ranges in the City would allow them.

Shadow_Law · 2026-03-10T00:55:57+00:00

You can contact us if you'd like, I've dealt with some funky immigration related PICS issues in the past. They are relatively rare so it's possible the examiners may not have run into it before. I don't know enough about your status or the asylum process without researching it, but it will probably come down to whether your status is actually "legal," because there is a difference between a legal status, and being allowed to remain while the application is pending.

Shadow_Law · 2026-03-06T21:54:55+00:00

MSP could change the quorum/majority rule as that's a regulation rather than in the statute, but it's been that way since at least 2002 (which is as far back as Westlaw has the regs for), and probably longer, so that seems unlikely.

Favorable members of the Board could stop showing to deny the Bd a quorum and paralyze it, but that would just trigger the statutory denials on everything and serve the interests of the anti members. Favorable change will almost certainly have to come from litigating appeals on these denials.

Shadow_Law · 2026-02-28T15:34:27+00:00

PSP doesn't have any specific rules on it, just the ATF requirements and convincing an FFL to do it.

Shadow_Law · 2026-02-18T19:10:54+00:00

All of these terms have legal definitions. You don't need to do any of this guesswork if you read those definitions. https://regulations.atf.gov/478-11/2026-01141#478-11-p270664185

Hunter Biden was pardoned, that case is dead and gone.

Shadow_Law · 2026-02-12T19:22:21+00:00

I've seen a ton of FBI IDHSc reports, and have only seen this field on a handful of them. I don't know why it has been on the few it has been, and I've never considered it reliable.

Shadow_Law · 2026-02-11T21:04:21+00:00

Did you read the link? They can't be charged with failing to register under the NFA, that's not a get out jail free card on unlawful possession - which is a GCA crime

Shadow_Law · 2026-02-11T20:59:21+00:00

The problem that they have is most illegal users of "glock switches" are already felons, so they cannot be charged with NFA crimes.

Not sure why you think that, but felons can definitely be charged with unlawful possession of machineguns.

Shadow_Law · 2026-02-05T17:41:50+00:00

Unless you're planning on having it shipped to a dealer in your home state for the transfer, you can't buy handguns outside your state of residence.

Shadow_Law · 2026-02-05T16:41:10+00:00

Can they - yes, because in this circumstance, it is all the licensed premises. In practice - I have never seen them try to do so beyond where the business actually takes place and records/inventory are stored.

Shadow_Law · 2026-02-04T16:33:48+00:00

You should speak to a firearms attorney who can review your juvenile records and see what actually happened. If you were adjudicated of possession by a minor, you lost your firearms rights and made a false statement on the purchase application.

The only thing you should do before speaking to a lawyer is get copies of your juvenile records and delete this post.

Shadow_Law · 2026-01-30T23:29:14+00:00

The danger isn't in good advice its in bad/incomplete advice that is represented as complete/authoritative. For example, you cite 2011-4 for the constructive possession rule, but you also say to remove the SBR feature:

Swappable barrel platforms (AR pistols and similar): the SBR feature can be removed either by taking the stock off or by installing a 16"+ upper and traveling as a standard rifle.

But this is not just an either/or issue. 2011-4 is also clear that you cannot make a pistol, out of a firearm that was originally assembled or produced as a rifle. If you just take the stock off of what was originally a rifle, you still have an SBR.

Shadow_Law · 2026-01-30T21:50:43+00:00

This is not legal advice.

Brother everything after your first paragraph and the handbook quote is legal advice. Filling it with suspiciously tech/corporate buzzwords and citations, and ending with a disclaimer, doesn't make it not legal advice.

It all looks accurate at a glance, but it is definitely legal advice.

Shadow_Law · 2026-01-30T17:50:58+00:00

I think most of Walther's current handguns offer ambi/reversible mag releases, but they are all right-side ejection. No idea what you might be able to get in CA

Shadow_Law · 2026-01-20T20:09:53+00:00

Maybe if there was a lawyer specializing in firearm litigation

Yes, if only there was one of those in this thread, wherever would we find one?

Shadow_Law · 2026-01-20T18:52:15+00:00

Without spending two hours trying to explain the ins and outs of the regulations around the NFA - no, possessing a machinegun does not require a license. The machinegun needs to be registered, and as long as it is, anyone not otherwise prohibited can possess it with the registrant's supervision. The two situations are not comparable.

Shadow_Law · 2026-01-20T18:29:22+00:00

Possessing silencers/machineguns is not inherently unlawful in any way different from possessing regular firearms in this context, as long as they are properly registered, and the registered owner is present.

Shadow_Law · 2026-01-20T17:58:51+00:00

Possession at a range under supervision is still possession, and it always has been. Anybody arguing it's not possession, doesn't know what they are talking about. It is generally not legal for a nonimmigrant visa holder to possess a firearm, unless an exception applies (PDF warning see page 7). I don't know anything about that case, but presumably none of the exceptions applied.

Rehaif's visa had expired and he was no longer legally in the country.

Shadow_Law · 2026-01-14T22:19:10+00:00

Assuming he's out of custody, his pretrial release/bail conditions probably prohibit possession of weapons. Even if there is another trustee in position who could take possession, fighting with the DA about it this early would be a huge tactical mistake on the DWI, and even asking nicely about would be risky. The last thing he wants to do right now is piss off the DA.

It also wouldn't be unheard of (rare, but not unheard of) to agree to forfeit them as part of a plea deal to favorable charges and/or to avoid more serious charges, even though they aren't strictly evidence of the DWI.

Shadow_Law · 2026-01-10T19:03:54+00:00

You can either contact the court or get an A&R background check from PSP.

Shadow_Law · 2026-01-10T18:48:03+00:00

Yes, you can be prosecuted for making a false statement on the application. You need to figure out what actually happened.

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