Anyone know if any of the pro RKBA groups are drafting legislation on this?
The reason I ask, is anyone familiar with FFLs in NH knows that the state is often incapable of processing NICS checks for handguns in a timely manner. NICS checks for residents buying handguns are frequently administratively delayed, particularly on weekends, and the system fails completely whenever there is a gun show going on somewhere in NH. This completely f**ks up sales for dealers at gun shows, among other things. People are not going to buy if they know their chances of leaving with their gun are in the slim to none category.
There must be some kickback from the feds involved here for NH running their own POC for handgun checks. The thing is, there's no reason those checks can't go through the FBI and not the state POC, unless the "concern" is that the state POC has other disqualifiers or whatever it uses in running checks that only it has access to... but even if that is the case, it's completely stupid because buyers of rifles and shotguns go through the feds anyways via the FBI... which for all their problems, at least most people get a "Proceed" pretty much immediately.
IMO the state needs to get out of the NICS business completely, or use some of that "kickback money" to expedite the process.
I hate background checks and they should be eliminated, but under the current system something is obviously f**ked up there. Qualified people have to wait DAYS to get a handgun, and that's just f**king ridiculous, absurd, and unacceptable... for both dealers and NH citizens alike.
It's a sad state of affairs when I can buy a "compliant" handgun in NH as an MA resident, have it brought to an MA FFL the same day, and bring my stupid "compliant" handgun home, meanwhile, any NH citizen buying that same Saturday or whatever is likely to get delayed well into the next week.
-Mike
The reason I ask, is anyone familiar with FFLs in NH knows that the state is often incapable of processing NICS checks for handguns in a timely manner. NICS checks for residents buying handguns are frequently administratively delayed, particularly on weekends, and the system fails completely whenever there is a gun show going on somewhere in NH. This completely f**ks up sales for dealers at gun shows, among other things. People are not going to buy if they know their chances of leaving with their gun are in the slim to none category.
There must be some kickback from the feds involved here for NH running their own POC for handgun checks. The thing is, there's no reason those checks can't go through the FBI and not the state POC, unless the "concern" is that the state POC has other disqualifiers or whatever it uses in running checks that only it has access to... but even if that is the case, it's completely stupid because buyers of rifles and shotguns go through the feds anyways via the FBI... which for all their problems, at least most people get a "Proceed" pretty much immediately.
IMO the state needs to get out of the NICS business completely, or use some of that "kickback money" to expedite the process.
I hate background checks and they should be eliminated, but under the current system something is obviously f**ked up there. Qualified people have to wait DAYS to get a handgun, and that's just f**king ridiculous, absurd, and unacceptable... for both dealers and NH citizens alike.
It's a sad state of affairs when I can buy a "compliant" handgun in NH as an MA resident, have it brought to an MA FFL the same day, and bring my stupid "compliant" handgun home, meanwhile, any NH citizen buying that same Saturday or whatever is likely to get delayed well into the next week.
-Mike