5 sue feds over wrongful NICS denials, sluggish appeal process

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Discussion Starter · Jun 6, 2018 (Edited)

5 sue feds over wrongful NICS denials, sluggish appeal process

Five plaintiffs who have been refused guns or suppressors due to a stagnant background check appeal process are taking the federal government to court over the matter.

The men, who live in Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi and Texas, argue they were incorrectly refused a firearm through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System but the FBI hasn’t moved to process appeals since 2015, effectively making it impossible to lawfully purchase a gun, denying their Second Amendment rights. As such, they filed a lawsuit Tuesday in a Washington, D.C. federal court naming the FBI and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session as defendants.

“The FBI needs to start processing these appeals timely,” one of the men’s attorneys, Stephen Stamboulieh, told Guns.com in an email. “If this was a voting issue the entire country would be up in arms, but since it’s just a Second Amendment issue no one cares.”
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A Mississippi man who was charged with possession of a fake ID and marijuana went on to have the convictions expunged from his record in 2008 but was disapproved earlier this year for a suppressor by the FBI.

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GunnyGene

· #2 · Jun 6, 2018

This kind of thing is only one of the many problems with NICS. It should never have been implemented in the first place, and it's only gotten worse since then. The entire concept is built around an assumption that everyone is guilty till proven innocent.

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maxhush

· #3 · Jun 6, 2018

GunnyGene said:
This kind of thing is only one of the many problems with NICS. It should never have been implemented in the first place, and it's only gotten worse since then. The entire concept is built around an assumption that everyone is guilty till proven innocent.

Be sure to thank Bob Dole, then Republican President of the Senate, since he's the one that brought the tabled background check enabling Brady Bill back from the grave after it was tabled and enabled it to pass when everyone thought it was dead for the year. I wouldn't vote for him for dog catcher. And I don't give him a pass because he's old, possibly even dead by now (probably not, evil politicians seem to live longer than anyone else) or because it was a long time ago. He made it happen when it shouldn't have.

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Discussion Starter · #4 · Jun 6, 2018 (Edited)

Sen. John Cornyn, R-TX, (Mr. 'Fix-NICS') is the 'Bob Dole' of this congressional session then!

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