When you don’t have a CWL in states that have permission to bypass NICS checks, the gun is held until a passing confirmation by NICS is given (an actual number IIRC back when I didn’t have a CWL). Even before this, the Form 4473 is scrutinized. If any of the trigger questions are wrongly answered, the dealer won’t even get to the NICS check.
Given this is the FBI, I’d want to see real, I could touch it, proof.
Agreed. Going to be interesting to see how this turns out.