Black Friday 2015 sets new NICS record.

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How many States allow a purchase without a NICS check for LTCH/CCW holders? I haven't heard of this.

Unfortunately Bob Owens is uninformed about this. There are states that do not require FFLs to contact the FBI, but it is really just an indirect NICS check. In those cases, the FFL contacts the state and the state conducts the NICS check.

From the FBI's NICS info page:

NICS Background Checks

The FFLs have the following three methods of performing background checks depending upon the state in which the FFL is conducting business:

1. In states where the state government has agreed to serve as the POC for the system, the FFLs contact the NICS through the state POC for all firearm transfers. The state POC conducts the NICS check and determines whether or not the transfer would violate state or federal law.

2. In states where the state government has declined to serve as a POC, the FFLs initiate a NICS background check by contacting the NICS Call Centers for all firearm transfers. The FBI conducts the NICS check and determines whether or not the transfer would violate state or federal law.

3. Finally, in states where the state government has agreed to serve as a POC for handgun purchases but not for long gun purchases, the FFLs contact the NICS through the designated state POC for handgun transfers and the NICS Section for long gun transfers.

Each state decides whether the FFLs in its state call a state POC or the FBI to initiate firearm background checks.