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No. A background check is required to purchase a firearm from a dealer. If you are renting a firearm to use at a range, they may choose to run a background check.
yes
All felony convictions.
All the way back as far as they can go. A felony disqualifies someone from owning a firearm.
Not before the firearm is pawned. To pawn a firearm, you must have proof of your identity. Before the firearm can be redeemed when it has been pawned, the pawn shop will have you complete a Form 4473, and conduct a background check, same as if you bought the gun from them. If you cannot pass a background check, the firearm CANNOT be returned to you. You can SELL it to the pawnshop, or have them sell it on your behalf. Pawnshops hold a special Federal Firearms License (an 02FFL) and must follow the procedures laid out in Federal law.
When you purchase a firearm from a dealer, they phone your information in to NICS. NICS conducts a background check on you, and determines if the sale will proceed or be declined.
By doing a background check.
I guess so. If you fail the background check, they cannot return it to you and they cannot let anyone redeem a firearm that was pawned by someone else.
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Most states do not require a permit to purchase a firearm. However, ALL states require that you have a background check when you purchase a firearm from a dealer. This has been Federal law for several years (and yes, it DOES include a purchase at a gun show, no matter what you may have read).Having said that, if you cannot pass a background check, it is illegal for you to possess a firearm in any state. The penalty for that starts at 5 years in a Federal prison, no probation, no parole, and the food sucks. Think about that.
When you buy a firearm online, it gets delivered to a licensed FFL dealer. When you go to get it from the dealer, that's where you fill out the Form 4473 and get your NICS background check done.
Any time you purchase a firearm from a dealer, Federal law requires that the dealer must run a background check at that time. The exception is that certain states issue a concealed weapons license that ALSO requires a background check- proof of licensing takes the place of a background check. So if you bought a gun from a dealer, you have had a background check made.