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Background checks started in '68, they didn’t become instant until like '93 because internet but they still existed

They may have existed and some states imposed them but they weren’t required federally until the Brady bill in 93 .

there’s never been national waiting periods.

There was a 5 day waiting period between when the Brady bill was first enacted in 93 and when the national instant criminal background check system came online in 98

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ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Huh no shit TIL about that waiting period, thanks! I can’t look it up until later (at work, can fire off a message but not do research y’know) but would you happen to know how long it lasted?

Though the questionnaires in the 60s were largely ineffective and took time, unless I am mistaken they were reviewed or stored by the FBI until the ATF started existing in the early 70s, but yes “NICs” wasn’t until “I” was possible as I mentioned.

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- Not_mikey@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  How long it lasted?
  
  Between '94 and '98, after they mandated the background checks but before they had the infrastructure to do instant background checks.
  
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  - ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Thanks!
    
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