Brady Law Loophole

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Not what you think. It's time we got a push underway to amend the NICS as per the last paragraph. Small steps, small steps.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewOpinion.asp?Page=\Opinion\archive\OPI20000523c.html

Brady Law Loophole
By Lionel Waxman
CNS / Flashpoint Commentary
24 May, 2000

Just in time for the Many Moms' March to Disarm the Law-Abiding, the FBI background computer went down for nearly three days. Without that computer to perform checks on prospective gun buyers, virtually all gun sales in the nation were brought to an immediate halt. There now. Wasn't that easy?

The timing, of course, was only a coincidence. But the crash was a demonstration, however inadvertent, of the ability of the government to stop gun sales nationwide at the push of a button. Naturally, illegal gun sales went on uninterrupted.

Gun buyers and dealers were, for the most part, patient. They understand that computers can crash. And the FBI got it back on line in a reasonable time. I am not criticizing of the FBI in this case. But did you intend to give the government the power to turn gun sales on and off at the flick of a switch?

According to the Brady law, if the government doesn't decline a sale within three days, it is automatically approved. But the time doesn't start until the FBI computer accepts the application. It isn't hard to imagine an official, impelled by political pressure, declaring an emergency and pushing the stop button in violation of the law and Constitution.

Politicians rarely fail to use any power. To prevent an unscrupulous official from taking advantage of this loophole, the law should be amended to start the time running when the application is submitted. But don't hold your breath.

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Gun buyers and dealers were, for the most part, patient. They understand that computers can crash. And the FBI got it back on line in a reasonable time. I am not criticizing of the FBI in this case. But did you intend to give the government the power to turn gun sales on and off at the flick of a switch?

Point 1: Patient my @$$. People were FURIOUS.

Point 2: 3 days to repair a downed system is NOT reasonable. When I have a box go down, everything else goes on hold until I bring it back up, and that's usually within 5 minutes. Maybe 3 days is acceptable to the government, but in the private sector, it means death.

Point 3: We didn't GIVE the bastards the ability, they TOOK it. Do any of you remember voting one way or the other for NICS?

Waxman needs to reexamine some of his statements, methinks.
 
At my agency, if a computer crashes, the best case scenario is productivity is down. The worse case scenario is that the public loses power. To prevent that, we've got multiple backups and IS (Information Services) is always on the job. If they couldn't correct the problem within an hour or so, let alone 3 days, their butt would be toast.

This was no accident, folks. This was a test, pure and simple. Congress has got to get involved NOW to show the FBI that it can't get away with it.
 
NICS was also down on Wednesday, 5-17, and Sunday, 5-21. If it keeps on like this it will to be down more than it is up.
 
When service is down, the money stops flowing in any business. This NICS thing is a service, correct? You lose money; the government loses taxes. The difference is that the government can make it up by coming to your house on collection day and asking for it - with force.

Some are more equal that others...
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JonShaKel:
<snip> If it keeps on like this it will to be down more than it is up.[/quote]

Being a rather *old* 48, I know that feeling only too well. I'd try Viagra, but since pills stick in my throat, I'd prob end up with a stiff neck ;)

3 days is unrealistic for a system of that size to be down and quite frankly impossible for a fed government system. We have several federal government sub-contractors. They are required to have a 4 hour contingency plan. In the event of a total system failure, they have 4 hours to be back at 80%, and 12 hours to be at 100%. This is a requirement of the federal agency they do the work for. The requirement is modeled after the internal federal specs. The whole thing was/is a sham


[This message has been edited by RAE (edited May 26, 2000).]
 
The answer here is very clear. Stockpile firearms while you can, while the system is still working occasionally. don't get caught short.

Geoff Ross
 
"The timing, of course, was only a coincidence." Oh, really? You've collected data on all the system shut-downs since it was brought on line, and done an extensive statistical analysis?

You may be confident that it's only coincidence, but for all I know, Billy boy has a little red button on his desk, and the system goes down whenever he presses it.

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My preffered rewording would be as follows:
Due to its absolute inefficiency in decreasing crime the Brady Law and ALL is provisions are null and void. Of course this is a wet dream. Realistically speaking they should reword so that NICS is not a grantor of purchasing ability, but rather a denier of service. As in if the system is down and cant deny your transaction then the sale goes through, you know sort of like innocent till proven guilty. As long as the dealer can log the call and show he tried to get access to NICS he will not be at fault. Wonder if any more long crashes would happen.

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"Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes."
-R.A. Heinlein
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RAE:
Being a rather *old* 48, I know that feeling only too well. I'd try Viagra, but since pills stick in my throat, I'd prob end up with a stiff neck ;)
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Holy Crap! LMFBO! :D :D :D
 
I thought there was some provision in the Brady bill that allowed FFLs to go ahead with the purchase if the NICS was down???

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If they come for my guns and I stand up and fight...What about my kids???

if I don't fight...What about my kids???
 
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