This might be a tricky one - I'm hoping some of you guys who know a little about nonimmigrant alien laws will be able to help.
The AG's website in my state (ND) says that when you apply for a concealed carry license they run "state and national background checks".
When they say national background check - is that the same as the NICS check they do when you buy a gun?
I ask because I am in an unusual position in that I can legally own/posses a firearm, but I cannot pass a NICS check at the moment (because I left the country briefly within the last 90 days; if I tried to buy a gun the feds would not even run a check on me, they would tell the dealer to cancel immedately). I don't care about this because I already have the gun I want, but does this break in my residency mean that I would not be able to get a CCW?
Federal law says I cannot buy a gun from a dealer if I have left the country within the last 90 days, but it says nothing about a carry license - but if the state happens to implement the check in the same way, maybe I could run into a problem
Anyone know anything about this?
The AG's website in my state (ND) says that when you apply for a concealed carry license they run "state and national background checks".
When they say national background check - is that the same as the NICS check they do when you buy a gun?
I ask because I am in an unusual position in that I can legally own/posses a firearm, but I cannot pass a NICS check at the moment (because I left the country briefly within the last 90 days; if I tried to buy a gun the feds would not even run a check on me, they would tell the dealer to cancel immedately). I don't care about this because I already have the gun I want, but does this break in my residency mean that I would not be able to get a CCW?
Federal law says I cannot buy a gun from a dealer if I have left the country within the last 90 days, but it says nothing about a carry license - but if the state happens to implement the check in the same way, maybe I could run into a problem
Anyone know anything about this?