I was at my local gun shop today to buy a new 22 revolver. NIC is open until 5 pm on Saturday but when the shop tried to call a 4:40 pm nobody answered the phone. The dealer tired to fax the NIC in but no response. Now I have to wait until Monday to pick up my gun thanks to the lazy pieces of S**T that don't want to do their job. So my question is this, has anyone else had this problem or was it just an isolated incident and bad luck for me?

Was at Shore Shot this afternoon, overheard some-one behind the counter say that NICS was down sometime before 3:00 PM

I tried to run a NICS check at 14:55 for a customer and got the recorded message stating fax only. The fax did not go through.

At 4:00 i got the same recording then faxed it in, got a transmission confirmation.

In May I waited 22 days for NICS so I feel no pain for you waiting 2 days.   Tell you the truth, I didn't know that NICS was even open on Saturdays. The shop employee could have told you that the NICS was closed at 5 pm so you could have sent a fax in earlier if there was a problem like Monmouth Arms did. 

In May I waited 22 days for NICS so I feel no pain for you waiting 2 days.   Tell you the truth, I didn't know that NICS was even open on Saturdays. The shop employee could have told you that the NICS was closed at 5 pm so you could have sent a fax in earlier if there was a problem like Monmouth Arms did. 

In may I waited 26 days, but I guess in your eyes that's acceptable.

They could have been just overwhelmed with checks. I wouldn't be blaming the NIC's employees on this. Saturday is obviously the worst day to buy a gun with regards to NICs checks unless you go shopping earlier in the day.

It was a Technical issue. Billing system was not accepting the calls and directed us to use the fax.

 

Ill find out the exact issue this morning with i give them a call.