Michael Thomson
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- Apr 27, 2007
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"Free? Here in Oregon I have to pay a ten-dollar fee for an instant check."
That's because Oregon is a Point of Contact (POC) for NICS and Oregon processes the background checks for all gun purchases. http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/nics.htm
Folks, let's remember why we have a NICS system. NICS was proposed in lieu of a 5/7-day waiting period as part of the Brady bill, which NRA fought for more than a decade, even when it was finally amended to include NICS . If you remember we had a 5-day wait on handgun purchases from '93-'98. While I don't love NICS, I would argue that an "instant check" is far superior to the alternative.
I grew up in a state that had a 7-day waiting period for all handgun sales. That 7-day wait was effectively a month long, even though by law FFLs could transfer the handgun after 7 days(none did).
Something else to keep in mind, NICS isn't going away. There simply aren't the votes to do that. I know there are many folks on here who think NRA should be spending it's political capital working to repeal NICS but that simply demonstrates their complete lack of understanding of the legislative process and our current political reality. In case you didn't notice, long-time NRA foes took control of Congress in the last election. And don't forget it took 6 years to pass the gun industry lawsuit bill to prevent gun manufacturers from being sued out of existence and that was with the Republicans in control.
That's because Oregon is a Point of Contact (POC) for NICS and Oregon processes the background checks for all gun purchases. http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/nics.htm
Folks, let's remember why we have a NICS system. NICS was proposed in lieu of a 5/7-day waiting period as part of the Brady bill, which NRA fought for more than a decade, even when it was finally amended to include NICS . If you remember we had a 5-day wait on handgun purchases from '93-'98. While I don't love NICS, I would argue that an "instant check" is far superior to the alternative.
I grew up in a state that had a 7-day waiting period for all handgun sales. That 7-day wait was effectively a month long, even though by law FFLs could transfer the handgun after 7 days(none did).
Something else to keep in mind, NICS isn't going away. There simply aren't the votes to do that. I know there are many folks on here who think NRA should be spending it's political capital working to repeal NICS but that simply demonstrates their complete lack of understanding of the legislative process and our current political reality. In case you didn't notice, long-time NRA foes took control of Congress in the last election. And don't forget it took 6 years to pass the gun industry lawsuit bill to prevent gun manufacturers from being sued out of existence and that was with the Republicans in control.