Gun purchases allowed if background checks unresolved after waiting period

[SecularMotion]

Under Washington state law, staff members at licensed gun shops have the discretion to sell a gun to a customer after 10 business days, even if the customer’s background check has not yet come back with a resolution.

Other states that do not have more specific rules fall under federal law, which only requires a waiting period of three business days for long gun sales.

Biff Lenihan, who recently purchase a gun in Bellevue, told KIRO 7 he took home his revolver after the 10-day waiting period had passed, even though his background check was unresolved.

Lenihan said, “I walked out, I sat in my rig, and I said, ‘what the hell just happened?’”

http://www.kiro7.com/news/gun-purchases-allowed-if-background-checks-unresolved-within-waiting-period/63847833