It's probably too late in the morning to help anyone, but FYI - PICs has been down all morning.

 

Thought I would bring it up since a number of people were talking about coming to PA this weekend for gun shows or other gun shops.

i was thinking pictures...Til i opened up your post and read it..

Thanks for the info. Glad I didn't go to the show this morning.

I know it's a Wednesday afternoon but PICS is down again. Just in case anybody needs to know.

I know it's a Wednesday afternoon but PICS is down again. Just in case anybody needs to know.

Background checks unavailable; no guns to be sold in state for 6 hours

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By The The Tribune-Review

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, 12:00 p.m.

Updated 1 hour ago

 

No firearms will be sold in Pennsylvania until at least 5:30 p.m. Wednesday because the Instant Check System, which allows firearms retailers to do complete background checks on customers, went off-line in the morning, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.

The agency said the system will not be operational for at least six hours.

State police press secretary Maria Finn said the system, known as PICS, is among a statewide outage affecting all state police internet-based systems, as well as email and telephone systems at department headquarters in Harrisburg.

Customers can't purchase firearms during the outage.

The Instant Check System for licensed firearm retailers and the Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History public site to obtain criminal history record checks are inaccessible due to the outage, Finn said.

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