And what in the name of John Moses Browning is the STATE POLICE holding up your 2nd Amendment rights for? The Brady "National" Instant Background Check was supposed to be a Federal function. Not that I wanted it to start with.
Here in NC, if you have a Conceal Carry license, it's cash and carry, baby.
I'd like to know that too. PA doesn't use NICS, only 30 states do. Knowing how things "need" to be done in PA, a separate bureaucracy is needed to do background checks. In PA, it is called PICS. Looking at the PICS website, it says about 60% of people receive their approval in a few minutes. That has always been the case with me until this most recent purchase.
I have a CCL in PA, but it doesn't help me with background checks. CCL or what we call LTCF is another wonderful bureaucracy that varies in each of the 67 counties here. If I recall correctly, in my county it takes about two weeks to get a LTCF. There are other counties in PA that take a half hour. And then there is Philadelphia county that makes it much more difficult even though PA is a shall issue state.
For the most part, gun laws in PA are much better than other northeastern states. There are no restrictions on the weapons you can buy, other than federal. It is simple as walking into a store, getting the PICS background check, and paying for the purchase. Of course, I am of the mind set that the government shouldn't be involved in anything related to firearms and weapons in general. The 2nd Amendment has no buts in it.