NICS will be closed on Thanksgiving

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HukeOKC

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We have already put up signs in our store that NICS will be closed on Thanksgiving. NICS informed us so that we can warn people ahead of time and they don't have to be mad when they show up on Thurs. wanting to buy a gun. I can understand that since you deal with live people and not a computer, I am glad that they are off for the holiday. But I just wonder what other "holidays" they are going to want to shut down on.
 
I have a feeling that NICS will have a total "breakdown", especially if Bore is elected (or scams his way into it). Everyone here has a computer right? Everyone here knows about "certain" things a computer does at the worse time possible". I wouldn't be surprised if they (the gov) came out tomorrow and stated that, "NICS will be down for a year (or more) due to tech. difficulties". This was a BAD idea to begin with and will always be a BAD idea. To "trust" some one at a keyboard or an administrator to always ensure a system is up and running. One good "cyber attack" could and would destroy the system for months, and that means that NO ONE will be able to purchase any legal tool for that amount of time. They could "network" the entire system to be on-line 24/7/52/365 but they won't.. it doesn't play into their "oops, the system crashed" routine. They can crash a system at any time, without really going down, but if us peeons can see if the system is really up (or down) will cause problems for the elite. I foresee them "going down" for longer amounts of time until they come out and say, "sorry, guns can't be bought any longer, our system is dead". Good way to "ban" guns without really coming out and saying that guns are "banned".

USP45usp
 
My understanding is that if NICS is not available that transfers can go through without it. This is common practice in states who have their own systems that are exempt from NICS. Is scheduling an outage an exception?
 
I think it was IN that was mentioned here recently that, due to personel shortages, would not be able to provide NICS on any weekends. (Read gun shows)
Jeff, there was discussion about the fact that, according to the law, if NICS is down the FFL can sell the gun. But the general attitude among dealers is if they tried this they would be fried.
I know if they do not respond within three days the dealer can go through with the sale. This has happened to me a few times. I always get delayed! :mad:
 
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