Just picked one up took 7 days
Let them close it. Then we have a valid constitutional argument for deprivation of rights. With the "loophole", 99% gun dealers won't release it for civil liability anyway. The sole reason the 3 day exemption exists is to theoretically deny the constitutional argument, while in practice not actually existing as a real "loophole", letting them infinitely delay checks whenever they so desire. 2012 was 11 days+ around christmas if memory serves.
I submitted Friday night around 530 and it came back at 3 today. Wait times are coming down.
The number of available guns and available customers are not infinite, so it makes sense the numbers are coming down.