If a gun shop or pawn shop receives a gun from a private individual, he must report it to the police, hold it for a certain period of time before he can dispose of it. That supposedly gives the police some time to determine whether it has been reported stolen. That is why a dealer in my county cannot legally transfer a gun immediately if he has not received it from an FFL.
The city of Los Angeles seems to have a similar practice. If a gun comes in on consignment or pawn, the dealer has to hold it for 30 days while the stolen gun checks are run (this per a large multi-site dealer with stores in L.A.). After that there is still a state-mandated 10 day wait for the buyer to be cleared and to take possesion of the gun. In other cities, the gun can be sold the day it comes in, but the buyer still has to wait 10 days to take possession (again, per a dealer outside the L.A> city limits). We don't have to worry about the gunshow loophole, because that was closed years ago.
