How State and Federal NICS eliminate the 2A

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One thing we're seeing with State shut-down of Bureaus of Criminal Records and related background checks, is the effective elimination of people's ability to legally purchase firearms in many States.

Additionally, the sheer demand of background checks has overloaded several States' ability to conduct the checks, effectively eliminating purchasing options for the people attempting to purchase firearms from their local FFLs.

This whole experience serves as an example of why background checks, NICS, and all the layers of counter-Constitutional laws undermine the intent of the Founders.

Considering that some police departments are announcing that they will no longer respond to certain felonious behavior because they are infected too, one starts to appreciate the pure nature of the 2A before it was violated with the:

* race-based laws post-Civil War,
* race-based laws passed in gangland cities during Prohibition to handicap rival immigrant gangs,
* the 1934 FDR Administration's massive overhaul of the 2A to eliminate purchase and possession of most useful arms for the militia,
* the 1968 Gun Control Act,
* the 1986 Ban,
* 1989 import ban,
* the 1994 AWB,
* and the subsequent NICS and State BCI background check laws.

In short, this means that any American in affected areas (where State BCI is shut-down) can't legally purchase a firearm where that background check is required before going through the Federal NICS system, even if NICS is still open and functional.

New Jersey Shuts Down NICS

Demand shuts down Pennsylvania Police Background Check System Twice in 1 Day

If your State has done this, please update in the thread.