What is weird is in the UK you could actually do this.
We have a similar system to you if ordering a gun online, with the additional step of needing a firearm license. It would have to be shipped to a registered firearms dealer who you could then pick it up from. However if you turned up at a gun shop and found the gun you wanted you could just take it home right there and then, as long as you had your license with you. The license is the background check, and is valid for 10 years, so the dealer doesn't need to do anything other than check it is legit and record what you bought.
We put the onus on the Police to conduct checks and grant licenses, which makes it an absolute fucking lottery how painless your gun ownership will be, depending on where you live in the country. Yorkshire is brilliant for it, being rural and all, London? Not so much...
What is weird is in the UK you could actually do this.
We have a similar system to you if ordering a gun online, with the additional step of needing a firearm license. It would have to be shipped to a registered firearms dealer who you could then pick it up from. However if you turned up at a gun shop and found the gun you wanted you could just take it home right there and then, as long as you had your license with you. The license is the background check, and is valid for 10 years, so the dealer doesn't need to do anything other than check it is legit and record what you bought.
We put the onus on the Police to conduct checks and grant licenses, which makes it an absolute fucking lottery how painless your gun ownership will be, depending on where you live in the country. Yorkshire is brilliant for it, being rural and all, London? Not so much...