How gun bill from Andrew Clyde would change time requirements for background checks Andrew Clyde Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Athens, hopes his new gun legislation can speed up federal background checks to make the transfer of firearms from licensed dealers to buyers easier. Clyde, owner of the gun store Clyde Armory in Athens, introduced House Resolution 1787 on March 11. The measure would speed up the waiting period for the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check on gun sales from three business days to three calendar days. Prospective gun buyers are required under a permanent provision in the 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to undergo a National Instant Criminal Background Check.