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Originally Posted by safariguy
I respectfully disagree, Mike. Although I admit that this is TOTAL speculation on my part: I bet that they do shut down the NICs check because there are actualy human beings that the firearms dealer talks to and those lines are open 24/7, as far as I know. I can not believe that the Feds would consider that an essential government service and keep them open. My best friend is a pilot who works for US Dept Interior fighting forest fires. He's been given notice of layoff in the event of a shut down. If he's not essential, how can the background check people be?????  |
Good point. From what I've heard this shutdown is only for certain areas. I've read that about 2/3 of the actual annual budget is automatic, which is supposed to cover most of the bare essentials. I've also heard that the media is sensationalizing a lot of this because "end of the world as we know it" is a better headline story. Who knows the reality of it? No doubt there will be impact in certain areas, just wish we knew exactly which ones.