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Additionally, California’s 10-day waiting period remains a contentious point, often seen as too long amid rising demand. The backlog at the Department of Justice extends this delay further, frustrating eager buyers. The law requires a background check that is increasingly delayed due to high volume and staffing issues—an irony given the surge in legal gun purchases.
The dialogue underscores that in California, private sales must go through licensed dealers to prevent untraceable guns from entering the streets. Still, the firearms trade exists in a shadowy underbelly, with private transactions happening privately and at online marketplaces.