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You need to have some kind of permanent resident status. I think that post 9/11 the US passed a federal law that states something to the effect that firearms cannot be under the control of non- residents (or at least that's what BW said to me when I tried to book a course there last year.).
I can't speak for a CCW, but I just bought a shotgun about 3 weeks ago (at a store, not a private sale). I have a Green Card. I had to provide proof that I had been at the same residence for the past 3 months; and I couldn't have left the Country in the previous 90 days. My background check was "delayed" which is almost a given for resident aliens, from what I understand. (They can either be "approved", "delayed", or "denied"....
I haven't pursued a CCW (yet), because Arizona is an "open carry" state, and I can carry a firearm almost anywhere, as long as it is in plain view...