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OldCannon wrote:

longtooth wrote:Your middle paragraph is absolute TRUTH

The NICS system in my opinion is completely flawed and a serious overstretch of government. It is a great example of the typical US Gov knee-jerk reaction.

Flawed, perhaps. But as a gun dealer, I have no desire to sell a gun to a hardened felon, and those guys try ALL the time to get one directly or through obvious straw purchases. What do you recommend instead?

I don't want to see guns in the hands of a hardened felon, either. However, as soon as you deny him, he will gets his cousin to buy one for him, buys one on the street, or texasguntrader.com from an individual. We all know that if a criminal wants to get a gun and commit a crime, no law will stop him. Bottom line is NICS is flawed and inconveniences law abiding citizens. I have a major problem sacrificing any my Constitutional rights for what a Government decides is temporarily in our best interest. For the same reason, I also believe the Patriot Act to be, well, unpatriotic. But we aren't talking politics here, right?

I tried to purchase a handgun and received and instant denial from the NICS phone check. I included my social security number, but that didn't help. I tried to do the appeal, but they wouldn't do anything over the phone or online; it had to be done through the mail and it appeared to be a big headache that would take several months to straighten out. I was planning on getting my CHL anyway, so I went ahead and took the class and sent in my packet. I was curious whether or not they would come back and say anything about my NICS denial, but they did not. I have never been convicted of anything more than a speeding ticket, so I was not too worried about it. After my plastic arrived, I went back and purchased the gun.

The NICS system in my opinion is completely flawed and a serious overstretch of government. It is a great example of the typical US Gov knee-jerk reaction.

I imagine my problem may have been that there is a big time criminal with a similar name. I travel internationally quite frequently, and for the first few years I would regularly get 'back-roomed' and harassed by Customs when clearing back into the US. Something would pop up on that screen when the officers swiped my passport, as you could always see a very noticeable change in their faces after they scanned it! After 20 minutes of questioning, when they realized I wasn't who they were looking for, they would let me go. This went on for 2-3 years, EVERY SINGLE arrival back into the US. Then one day an officer scanned my passport and I was expecting the usual armed escort to the back room, but instead I got a stamp and a smile. I haven't had a problem since.