CHP and instant check

johnydoe · 09-17-2007, 21:12

If you have a CHP and buying a gun at a gun shop, do you still have to do the instant background check?

longwatch2k1 · 09-17-2007, 21:38

yes

Scott30 · 09-18-2007, 17:22

Well said Long !

Wolfgang · 09-18-2007, 17:48

..and you can buy more than one a month/30days/31days or whatever it is.

There is still the one/month rule isn't it?

alien-Glocker · 09-18-2007, 18:44

If you have a CHP you can purchase more than one handgun/month:

VA code-§ 18.2-308.2:2

2. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to....

h. A person who holds a valid Virginia permit to carry a concealed handgun

...however I suspect they will be watching carefully. Many years ago I miscounted the days and was off by 1 when a purchased a handgun and they ran the NICS check--I had to come back the next day to pick up my new firearm.

Navy87Guy · 09-19-2007, 18:51

As stated, you still have to go through the check, but my experience has been the process takes seconds. Your name flags very quickly as a "good guy", even when the system is running slow.

Jim

bulwaagh · 09-25-2007, 14:29

My checks take less than 5 mins. I did have one hicuup when my local dealer put in my birthdate incorrectly. He came back and said I was denied, I almost choked.... He then laughed and said it was his fault, he put my birthdate in wrong, and I had to sign the corrected portion of the forms.

It usually takes longer for the FFL dealer to ring me up than it takes for the background check.