In the NICS of Time?

Never been delayed before and I just got delayed until April 15th is this because of covid 19 or something else [More]

I speculated on that possibility:

We see that the Trump administration in general and the Department of Justice in particular “reportedly has been preparing a plan that would let hundreds of thousands of federal employees work remotely.” It’s legitimate to ask if that will affect the folks responsible for NICS approvals and if the three business day approval rule would still apply if it does.

But this is the first I've seen of anyone claiming it's happening.

At this point, I have no idea if there is really anything to this that affects all NICS transfers nationwide, if it's localized, or if it's even happening.  I suppose we could ask:

[More]

I'll update this if I hear anything back.  If you hear anything, please educate us in "comments."

UPDATE from Harrison Shooter Supply:

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ATF/FBI NICS background check if you get delayed on a purchase it is now a 3 WEEK DELAY!!!!!! This is not us it is a new mandate from NICS edited to add "or the state of Kansas" not sure who.

[Via evverest]

UPDATE from Gateway Pundit:

“'As the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Section works through the impact of the COVID-19 operationally, we are working to maintain our services. We are aware that states may be considering options to protect the health and safety of their employees, which may include a reduction in office availability or even closure to some offices,' the FBI office said in a statement."

[Via Andy M]

TANGENTIALLY RELATED UPDATE from Buckeye Firearms Association:

Coronavirus: Some Ohio Sheriffs suspending Concealed Handgun License applications and renewals

Will they suspend arresting us for noncompliance?

And in Illinois...

Not only is the ISP overwhelmed, so is the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

[Via Jeffersonian]

UPDATE from Appalachian Armory:

We have been notified by ATF/FBI that any background check that comes back delayed is no longer a 3 day wait but instead will be a possible 28 day wait. If you have a handgun license or are immediately approved then this will not apply. Here is what they sent out:

NICS Experiences Unprecedented Volume IncreaseFFLs Must Consider Closures, Reduced Staff Effects on Three Business Day DelaysAs our nation continues to navigate its response to the COVID-19, we recognize the firearm industry, like many other industries, is being impacted. NSSF® is aware of delays within the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) System. We want you to know the FBI is on the job and working diligently to address the dramatic response and increase in background checks experienced over the past few days. Just yesterday, Monday, March 16, 2020, the NICS staff experienced over a 300% increase compared to this same time period in 2019. As we’ve seen in the past with other national events, our citizens often seek to exercise their Second Amendment rights during times of uncertainty. Therefore transparent communication remains a top priority.
According to NICS, there are delays in the system due to an astronomical volume of transactions over the last several days. While much of the NICS System is automated and yields an immediate “proceed” or “deny” determination, transactions that result in a delayed status require the work of NICS examiners to investigate whether the transaction should be approved or not. With daily volumes roughly double that of last year, the NICS team is unable to begin investigations on all delays within three business days, creating a backlog in the delayed checks.
Some states offices and agencies are considering options to protect the health and safety of their employees, which may include a reduction in staff or a temporary closure. If you operate in one of these areas and if you receive a delayed response from the NICS, please note the Brady transfer date provided to you by the FBI could be extended beyond the normal three business days. The three business day timeframe does not begin until relevant state offices are open for business. Additionally, because of the dramatic increase in volume, it is important to recognize FBI staff may not be able to begin their research on delayed transactions as they normally would. Therefore, you may want to consider waiting on a definitive response from the NICS before opting to proceed with a sale on any delayed transaction. We are operating during exceptional and uncertain times, so you may wish to consider implementing temporary changes in order to safeguard yourself and your business. However, please note that when state offices are closed it does not constitute a “business day” for purposes of calculating the “three business days” period before an FFL may transfer a firearm to a non-licensee as mandated by the Brady Act.
The NICS Section is working overtime to get through the backlog and we appreciate their hard work and open communication. NSSF will continue to communicate with NICS and our members to ensure operations move forward as smoothly as possible during this period.

[Via Ed Stone]

Time for Some Hunter Education

The Medford Mail Tribune, a newspaper which has repeatedly editorialized against self defense for public employees, has won a court case .pdf to get the names, addresses and occupations of all concealed handgun license holders in Jackson County.

Yeah, you can email the ironically-named editor Bob Hunter, but fascists like him probably get off on knowing how mad they make us.

I believe the most effective way to handle this is by making it their advertisers' problem, as they are the ones who finance and enable these subversives.

The first step would be to determine who their big regulars are--maybe come up with the top 5, and then send their CEOs a letter. It ought to be nice, that is, let them know you know they don't set editorial policy, but since the paper depends on them for their lifeblood they have been inadvertently drawn into this thanks to a newspaper management that places its subversive crusading above the interests of its customers. And who knows, maybe some of them will be gun owners.

I think if a business like a car dealership knew they could expect about a dozen protestors on the sidewalk outside their business on a busy weekend with signs highlighting how they are enabling undermining of rights, most would not want the controversy. If they knew their businesses were going to be regularly randomly selected for this, it would give them incentive to bring requisite pressure to bear.

This, of course, all depends on whether or not Oregon gun owners are interested in personally pursuing this and have the manpower to make good on it.

Being in Ohio, there is only so much I can do, but I will report on it via the War on Guns if anyone there wishes to pursue it. I'll also do what I can to recruit support from others.

Newspapers are fighting for survival right now, with circulation and revenues way down. Case in point, The New York Times will undergo a major bloodletting from among their reporting staff in the coming days. I just don't see the Medford local having the kind of against-the-trend prosperity to be able to sustain this, especially if their advertising guys are getting angry calls from big revenue sources demanding to know what the hell they've dragged them into.

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Enabling Enough

Man arrested for sexually assaulting toddler at fast food restaurant should have been turned over to ICE in 2019 - Chicago Police Department declined immigration detainer, released aggravated felon [More]

Hey, no one ever said fundamental transformation would be easy. And forget it, Jake. It's Chi-Town.

[Via Michael G]

UPDATE: Some Illinois sheriffs are crying foul, too, but aren't really prepared to actually do anything about it. That's what happens when populous "blue" areas control much larger "red" ones, which explains the drive to get rid of the Electoral College.

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Out of Options Enough

"We ran out of options so I got the end of my Taser and I probably ... I just start smashing his face to hell,"[More]

Well hell, that sounds like an option. Especially for some scofflaw who tells you he can't breathe. You know, the kind of menace to society who begs you to stop and calls out in agony and terror for his Dad...

As the mouthpiece said, the "Only One" was not only permitted to brutally beat a man to death, he was required to.

You got a problem with that? You want some of this?

[Via Jeffersonian]

Teach Your Children Well

That's quite some "enrichment exercise." So much for "zero tolerance" and "no bullying" policies. [More]

Can you imagine being Ken Derksen, and knowing your function in life is to be an excuse-making flack? Must be nice to be on that public school gravy train, where they can afford "public information officers."

The moron who planned this, the moron who approved it, the moron who did it and every moron who participated in it deserve to have the same thing happened to them and their families.

I was hoping it would also be a prosecutable crime, but NC statutes would appear to give them a pass on at least one count:

(g) This section shall not apply to any of the following:

(1)        A weapon used solely for educational or school-sanctioned ceremonial purposes, or used in a school-approved program conducted under the supervision of an adult whose supervision has been approved by the school authority.

I suppose it could also be argued a toy gun is not really a "weapon" for the purposes of the statute, but I still question whether or not assault and some sort of terrorism charges could be applied... and then there's that business about adult supervision...

And they wonder why the weakest ones snap.

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Lowering Our Standards Enough

Changes to the demanding admissions tests for the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT team that could make the elite unit more accessible to women have caused an uproar among some current officers — and their wives.

..."It's not just about strength," said Margaret Moore, the former assistant special agent in charge at the Department of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms special response team, which carries out search warrants in violent parts of Washington, D.C.

True, Margaret. That's probably nowhere near as important as an institutionalized "Only Ones" mentality, a sadistic, vindictive streak that gets off on destruction and control, a willingness to lie under oath, and an abiding contempt for and fear of armed and free citizens.

If it were possible, I'd ask BATFU to please, continue lowering standards.

The more out of shape, easily winded and fatter, the better.

[Via Jeffersonian]

Oregon Citizen Disarmament: It's Academic

The Oregon School Boards Association has filed an amicus brief in an effort to prevent trained, licensed, school employees from having self defense firearms on school property.

This is no surprise as the OSBA has a long history of opposing self defense in schools. But now the Oregon Department of Justice has joined the battle against self defense with their own amicus brief.

So what's the problem? Pragmatic gun lobby organizations agree:

[W]e believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America's schools, period ... with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained security personnel.

So the Oregon Firearms Federation is just being divisive. Besides, it's a political non-winner. If you talk about guns in school, it will just scare the general public into thinking all gun owners are extremist maniacs, and it will make us all look bad.

No?

If you disagree with that, you could argue your case in "Comments," below. But I would suggest if you really disagree, it wouldn't hurt to show how much, by sending a contribution to help fight this battle in court.

[Via Jeffersonian]

Excuse Me, Everybody--I Have a Gun...

The patrons at Champps, an upscale restaurant and bar chain, were eating ribs and drinking beer on a recent Saturday when customer Bruce Jackson stood up and made an announcement: He was armed, and so were dozens of other patrons.

See, this isn't something I would do. I just don't think it helps, it probably scared some, and I also don't think using someone else's property as a public forum for advancing your agenda is appropriate.

By the same token, we've seen what happens when gun owners try to mind their own business.

Still, I think the best path to normalization is just acting normal.

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Enormously Gratified Enough

For McGowan, the positive test was her second — and she testified before the commission that she was formerly a “regular” cocaine user, the ruling states. Attempts to reach all the officers last night were unsuccessful.

Their union-paid attorney, Alan Shapiro, called the ruling “enormously gratifying.” [More]

Yet they'll gladly ruin someone else's life.

[Via Jeffersonian]

For Their Own Good

Sheriff proposes ankle monitors for some seniors [More]

And if those don't work, break out the Collars of Obedience!

One hundred Quatloos on the newcomers!

[Via Jeffersonian]

Not the Only One

For some reason I thought I'd already posted this a few weeks ago, but I can't find it now and it won't hurt to link again if I did. [Watch]

[Via Jeffersonian]

Piquing DHS Interest

West said a customer of his recently stocked up on .223-caliber rounds, a caliber often used in assault-style weapons. The customer bought 1,000 rounds a few months ago through a mail order company.

Shortly after the purchase, he received a visit from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, whose interest was apparently piqued by a large-scale purchase of that caliber. [More]

Thank God.

I mean, the guy was at church.

Sounds like one o' them "rightwing extremists" to me...

[Via Jeffersonian]

The Appleseed Militia

Court documents said anti-terrorism agents keep an eye on the gun range because the informant says it's known as a militia training center.

But Faire claims the word "militia" is just a part of an inside joke. He says his group is a local chapter of Project Appleseed, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching marksmanship and preserving gun rights. [More]

Yeah, those are some dangerous hombres there.

Just more bigotry against gun owners, gun ranges, and that thing the Founders deemed as being necessary to the security of a free state.

I guess if you don't intend to allow a free state, all that becomes unnecessary.

The controlling bastards wanted to shut the range down so they decided to smear them as rightwing extremists. And note the convenient "undercover informant." There was one of those tied up with von Brunn, too:

Todd Blodgett, a former White House aide who worked as an informant within white supremacist groups...

Hmmm...

Anyway, I guess society will be safer if gun owners don't practice. And also if we don't have any gun owners.

They're just going to keep coming after us, aren't they?

Anybody know anything about this "Andrew Gray"?

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Revoking Enough

A woman’s concealed-weapons permit was revoked after other parents complained about seeing her carrying a loaded handgun at her 5-year-old daughter’s soccer game...

DeLeo cited a section of state law that bars the issuance of concealed-weapons permits to people who are deemed a danger to public safety based on their character and reputation. Hain showed poor judgment by wearing her gun at the game, he said.

My, aren't the Lebanon sheep well trained?

Understand, of course, if DeLeo wears his gun at a game, neither his judgment, character and reputation nor public safety will be deemed endangered--because DeLeo is a highly trained, morally superior, extra super special "Only One" with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men.

If you like, you can email the sheriff and ask him just what magic he possesses that makes him better than you. Either that or you can tell him what an arrogant punk he is.

This is what happens when you cede authority to another to dispense permissions for your rights.

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Course-Setting Enough

During the intermission however, Parker must have decided that guard work was too monotonous, as he left Fords Theater to instead attended a local saloon, at one point even briefly conversing with the actor and soon to be assassin, John Wilkes Booth. [More]

And the tradition continues to this day.

[Via Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Who Always Get Our Man Enough

A Kentucky sheriff drove 4,100 miles to California to pick up a fugitive, then realized when he got back he had the wrong guy.

These "Only Ones" stories are really a trip!

[Via Jeffersonian]

Get Smart

Gil Smart: How I changed my mind on guns [More]

I'm not convinced he's all the way there, but it's a beginning.

Still, this is right on:

And I think the loudest anti-gun rhetoric comes from those who have never been around firearms.

Too often those who presume to teach don't even belong in the class without some prerequisites.

[Via Jeffersonian]

An Institution of Higher Learning

FIRE reported Brashier was ordered into a meeting with school officials, "who told her that passing out her non-commercial pamphlets was prohibited as 'solicitation.' Furthermore, they insisted that the college pre-approve any pamphlets, that pamphlets like hers would not be approved, and that Brashier destroy all copies of her pamphlet," the organization reported.

"At one point during the meeting, Dean Yvonne Burns reportedly said, 'You may want to discuss this topic but the college does not, and you cannot make us.' Brashier was warned that any further efforts would be considered 'academic misconduct.'" [More]

And what have we learned from this...?

[Via Jeffersonian]

Your Papers

Because nothing says "a free people" like setting traps for them. [More]

[Via Jeffersonian]

I Thought We'd Take In Dinner, a Movie and a Corpse...

"The thought that a victim's body would somehow be used as a lure ... I don't know who could ever see it as a lure, that's almost gallows humor," he said. "To have an autopsy be used as a premise for a social engagement is just beyond anything anybody could imagine." [More]

Yeah, every time I tried to arrange my dates around dead victims, I never seemed to get anywhere.

This, along with the "sexting" charge and its circumstances, really is a window into the soul of those who view us as things to be exploited, is it not? And they're only "considering" removing this twisted creep?

[Via Jeffersonian]