Don’t they already do background checks before a purchase? Isn’t that what the call in for approval is?
I’m not sure what I’m missing. Is there some way around background checks?
A private citizen who is not in the business of selling firearms may sell a firearm to another private citizen without undergoing a Federal background check. In some states, like PA, all transfers except those within a family, must go through a dealer and be checked.
Anyone who is in the business of selling firearms needs to have a federal license and do checks on all sales, whether they are at a gun show or any other place.
When you purchase a gun from a dealer. They give you a Form 4473 to fill out which contains pertinent data and questions you have to answer about numerous things. If you answer these correctly and the dealer has no reservations about selling a weapon to you he calls NICS for a clearance/approval. That obtained, he sells you the gun, unless there is a local/state law requiring a waiting period.
In my state, a CCW holder can fill out the Form 4473 and take the gun away right then. I’ve done this multiple times. I’ve saved way over the NICS check cost to pay for the CCW, BTW.