I'm thinking of purchasing my first gun (again), I hope I do not go through the nightmare I did back in 2018. It's a crazy story and something I would like to share, so back in 2018 I wanted to buy my first gun, I didn't have a lot of money at the time so I ended buying a p22 which was $300 or something like that. I found it online for layaway. So few months pass and the gun is paid off. It was "CA Approved" and everything, so I had them ship it to a FFL dealer here in town.
I get a call later that month from the store saying that my gun had arrived and to come in and fill out the paperwork. So I first go do the questionnaire test which is required if you want to buy a gun here, first attempt and I pass. From there I go to the FFL to do the paperwork. I pay for the DROS, give him my information, finger print, all that stuff and he tells me that the gun should be ready to pickup in a week and that sometimes it might take upwards of 30 days, but not to worry that majority of purchases come back within that week.
So I go home, happy and buy all these upgrades for it, waiting for that day to come, I go to the local shooting range and get acquainted with the employees and tell them that I would be shooting there soon and that I was excited. So anyways, that first week I wait for a response, 4th day comes, no answer, 5th day, nothing. I call them and they said to just wait, so day 7 comes and they call me saying that my purchase is delayed and that I now have to wait a full month.
So I again don't think anything of it, knowing California and how the laws are here I figure its going to take a bit longer. 2nd week passes by and nothing, 3rd week, nothing, the final week, on the last day of the month the gun store calls me saying that I was denied, and as soon as I heard that word my heart sank. Denied for what? They said they could not tell me and to wait for a letter and to come to the store and pick my money. I go to the store and pick up my money minus the fees and at this point im really embarrassed, frustrated, before I entered teh store they were having aa conversation which sounded like they were talking about me, but crickets when I swung that door and entered, obviously did not want me to hear the shit they were saying about me, but I was whatevers at this point and just wanted my money.
Anyways I finally get a letter a week later and the reason why they denied me is because apparently I was not legally in this country, and that it was illegal for me to own a gun. I was so angry because I knew this was not true, I have documentation to back this up, so I submit an appeal to the FBI and NICS telling them that they are WRONG and provided everything they wanted, I also took a Department of Justice background check during this, anyways later I got a response from both the FBI and CA DOJ basically saying they were wrong and that I could own a firearm, and to take a certificate that they made and to present it to the gun store so they can release the gun, but by that point shit was done and over with.
I want to buy something but I really do not want to go through this again, I know how to remedy it faster now but the whole ordeal sucked. Anyways that's my story.
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