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...