How does this affect folks with a CHL/LTC; presently anyone with one of those licenses can get a firearm without a NICS check, since the background check done for the license covers the same ground.
Under current federal law, when an FBI background check cannot be immediately resolved, NICS may issue a delay. At that point, Federal Firearms Licensees, or firearm retailers, may choose to lawfully transfer the firearm after three full business days have passed (which is five calendar days or longer if there’s a weekend or a holiday). That’s not the case with the overwhelming majority of background checks.
The law currently allows — but does not require — firearm retailers to transfer the firearm after three business days if nothing comes back to deny the transfer. That’s the safety feature that keeps the government from denying a legal firearm transfer through bureaucratic red tape.
The BCCA would scrap that delay period by putting background checks into an never-ending cycle by striking the relevant clause in federal statute, effectively requiring a completed check before a transfer can be finalized with a “proceed” response in all cases.