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This Isn't About Food. This is About the 2nd Amendment.

The media is all focused on SNAP and National Parks. They aren't talking about NICS—the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. NICS is run by the FBI. The FBI is shut down. I have 15 firearm sales pending in my shop. The customers have paid, but the FBI's system can't give me a "Proceed" or "Deny." By law, if I don't hear back in three days, I can legally release the firearm at my discretion. Guess what? I'm not doing it. If I release a gun to the wrong person, my license is gone. If I don't release it, my customers—all law-abiding—are threatening to sue me for violating their 2A rights. The shutdown has turned my business into a legal minefield. #2ndAmendment #NICS #Shutdown