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slackmaster

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7. There is no reason the law couldn't be amended to allow non-FFL holders to use the existing check...

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Original post)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 07:11 PM

Feb 2013

...system, or NICS.

There would have to be some safeguards built in to prevent it from being used for other than the intended purpose. For example, an automatic notification by snail mail to the person whose background was checked, giving the name, address, and SSN of the person who requested the check.

Just a technical hurdle, and not a difficult one.

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