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Re:I Was Able to Buy an AR-15 in Five Minutes by nanis on Thursday June 16, 2016 @04:08PM (#11918521)
"Orlando gunman used Sig Sauer MCX, not AR-15"

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_30016806/orlando-...

Just for the record.

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Re:I Was Able to Buy an AR-15 in Five Minutes by simonbh on Thursday June 16, 2016 @04:16PM (#11918586)
He failed to mention in his piece that he had not gone through the federal background check process, which is the 5 page document. The gun dealer still has to enter this into their computer system and wait for a response from NICS.

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics

This could take a few minutes to a few hours, depending on how busy the system is.

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