Florida didn't do background checks for new firearm licenses for over a year...

[JettaKnight]

The title of the article is missleading. She did NOT fail to use the NICS system for firearm sales as that would be impossible to do with sales through FFL dealers. She only failed to use the NICS for Conceal Carry Permits which is a state level law. Florida is a shall issue state so if there is nothing coming back in their background check, the person gets a permit. I don't remember if there were any other state level background checks done by her department prior to issuing the CC Permits. The only thing that makes this a big issue is if anyone became a prohibited person after having purchased a firearm after 11/30/1998 or never bought a new firearm prior the 11/30/1998. In either case, they would have had to complete a firearms training course prior to applying for the CCPermit and would have known if they were prohibited or not.

We are talking about Floridians here...

 

[HoughMade]

Well, he could certainly use that argument as his defense. Whether he succeeds or not is another question.

I guess it depends on whether being issued a license makes you no longer:

- a felon
- a fugitive
- an unlawful user of, or addicted to a controlled substance
- adjudicated mentally defective pr been committed
- an illegal alien
- dishonorably discharged
- one who renounced his citizenship, or
- under a protective order for stalking or committed domestic violence

If being issued a license did not magically erase these past events with some sort of space-time continuum thing, it's probably not going to be a very good defense.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I guess it depends on whether being issued a license makes you no longer:

- a felon
- a fugitive
- an unlawful user of, or addicted to a controlled substance
- adjudicated mentally defective pr been committed
- an illegal alien
- dishonorably discharged
- one who renounced his citizenship, or
- under a protective order for stalking or committed domestic violence

If being issued a licenced did not magically erase these past events with some sort of space-time continuum thing, it's probably not going to be a very good defense.

Hey, hey, hey now! Whataya doin' here? He was going to be the jury foreman!