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Call volume shuts down FBI’s firearm background checks, stops Maine sales on Black Friday [View all]
BREWER, Maine — Sometime early on Black Friday, the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, went down and stopped all gun sales, Bangor-area gun dealers said.
High call volumes caused “intermittent outages” in the system, an FBI spokesman confirmed Friday afternoon.
Black Friday sales played a role in the problems with NICS, the director of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division said, responding to an email from the Bangor Daily News.
“The NICS has experienced intermittent outages today due to high call volumes,” Stephen G. Fischer Jr. said at about 2:15 p.m.
High call volumes caused “intermittent outages” in the system, an FBI spokesman confirmed Friday afternoon.
Black Friday sales played a role in the problems with NICS, the director of the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division said, responding to an email from the Bangor Daily News.
“The NICS has experienced intermittent outages today due to high call volumes,” Stephen G. Fischer Jr. said at about 2:15 p.m.
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/11/23/business/high-volume-of-calls-shuts-down-fbis-background-check-system-for-firearms-sales-costs-bangor-area-gun-dealers-business/
The blowback continues.
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