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| Vol. 6, No. 27 | 7/16/99 |
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FFL holders across the country, as well as their law-abiding customers, experienced considerable problems this week due to attempts to "upgrade" the National Instant Check System (NICS). The upgrade was initiated on Sunday and was expected to leave NICS inoperable for less than an hour. However, the system was up and down over the course of several days, causing considerable problems, including the loss of business. While FBI assures us that the problems have been remedied, we remain skeptical about future outages. Also, in the same vein of problems with NICS, NRA is still very interested in hearing about problems experienced with NICS, whether they are from FFL holders or firearm purchasers. If you have experienced any serious problems with the implementation of the NICS check, document what happened in writing, and let us know by U.S. Mail. Please carefully document your experience, and mail the information to:
We ask that you only send this information via U.S. Mail, and be sure to include all available contact information, especially telephone numbers, so that we can contact you if necessary. Finally, on July 7, U.S. District Judge James Robertson dismissed National Rifle Association of America, Inc., et al. v. Janet Reno, NRA's legal challenge to end the FBI's registration of gun buyers whose lawful purchases are subject to a National Instant Check System (NICS) check. Judge Robertson completely ignored one of the three primary arguments our lawsuit made challenging FBI's actions, and arbitrarily dismissed the others. This ruling was not unexpected, however, considering Robertson is a Clinton appointee, and Stephen Halbrook, NRA's counsel in this case, filed a notice of appeal the following day.
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