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Hello all, I've been lurking on the forums for a while, so thought I'd go ahead and post. Mailed my packet and did fingerprints on 1/3. They have everything, but status has been stuck in "Background Check" for weeks. Very frustrating, particularly since I've never even had so much as a traffic ticket in the past 30 years....:( What the heck takes them so long to do background check, when I can buy, say a Sig P238 (like I did yesterday), have the check run, and walk out of the store in less than 1/2 hour!!???!!! Didn't think I'd be in any kind of rush when I took the CHL class, but now it's kind of like waiting for water to boil - just have to keep checking

It is weird how some people get their licenses in 25 days, and others get 'stuck', but eventually, not that it is a consolation to you for now, they do get unstuck!
Good Luck, and hope the wait is not much longer

NICS doesn't include fingerprints so it's no surprise it's faster. NICS also doesn't have a provision for a local records check by a human, but the CHL laws do. GC §411.176(b)