DROS Question

[tleeocinca]

I DROS'd my first handgun on 05/13/2011 at 11:57 AM and technically the 240 hour waiting period is over at 11:58 AM today. I am wondering if there was a problem, would they have let me know already?

[ke6guj]

if there was problem, your FFL would have probably called you, but might not have called (too lazy, bad phone number, etc). And CADOJ has been known to find a disqualifying reason after the 240 are up, even after the buyer has picked up his blaster.

[tleeocinca]

Thanks ke6guj, I appreciate the feedback. If all goes well, I will get my first handgun out of jail in a few hours

[SpectreZ91]

It's late now, but my FFL says they usually have their answer within 2 or 3 days. Anything over 5 and "normally" people are good to go.

[CHS]

When it comes to the background check process, no news is good news.

If your 240 hours is up, and you haven't heard anything from your FFL, just go pick up the gun.

[760knox]

When it comes to the background check process, no news is good news.

If your 240 hours is up, and you haven't heard anything from your FFL, just go pick up the gun.

This ^^^ unless your an ex-felon or have a troubled past. Don't sweat it!

[rareair]

The actual background check takes about 10-20min. The 10 days is a cooling of period. You won't hear from your FFL whether or not CADOJ denied you ownership.

[CHS]

The actual background check takes about 10-20min. The 10 days is a cooling of period. You won't hear from your FFL whether or not CADOJ denied you ownership.

No one actually knows how long the background check takes in CA. It's not instant, that's for sure.

Your personal ID/License information is submitted to the DOJ and they manually run the background check. Part of the check includes NICS, but they also check CA-specific criminal and mental databases as well as DMV records (yes, an unpaid parking ticket can result in a denial).

But the background check in CA is almost never processed immediately after DROS is submitted. DROS is JUST a data submission platform. That's it. Everything is still handled manually by an office of the DOJ.

During very busy times, the DOJ can actually take longer than the 10 days in order to get to your information and process the background check.

I've had the DOJ call me and tell me to hold a firearm because they still had to check a few other things. These background checks literally took a couple days. Not 10-20 minutes.