And the lawful resident's of Iowa have a different system in place as well.
See, We have the Iowa Annual Permit to Acquire Pistols or Revolvers.
What this does is give the holder the ability to get a handgun without going through the red tape of NICS. Oh, it also is used by dealers to authorize long gun sales as well.
While this isn't a panacea for the ATF, and Fed gov intrusion into out rights, it has made this a little more bearable.
I have alreasdy sent letters to my Congress critters, and Senate holders as well. As well as the NRA, GOA, etc...
I can't buy a gun on Sunday anyway, my FFL is closed then. I spoke with him earlier in the day, and he wasn't even aware of the "computer problem". He was marking the transactions "referenced previous NICS sale to customer XYZ"
I'm considering going over and buying one, just to do it. My way of flipping them off, so to speak. I wanted to goto the MMM counter March in WDC, but other things came up at the last moment. I'm not happy about this development. Then the NICS thing came up. I'm getting mad enough to bite nails in two. But I don't want to ruin my manicure!!!
Seriously though. Every State should be independent of the Federal NICS system. This is a very serious problem were staring at here. And there 50 answers to it...
Best Regards,
Don
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The most foolish mistake we could make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms; history shows that all conquerers who have allowed their subjected people to carry arms have prepared their own fall.
Adolf Hitler
[This message has been edited by Donny (edited May 13, 2000).]