Just another point about ‘gate-keeping’; requiring gubbermint permission to exercise a right. Giving them the benefit of the doubt that the problem is real, and you see how technology can kick you in the seat of the pants. The realistic cynic part says that this is merely an easy way for an unethical gubbermint to deny people their rights


Citing a ‘catastrophic hardware failure,’ Maryland State Police report delays in gun background checks and licenses

Maryland State Police warned this week of delays to background checks for those purchasing firearms because of a “catastrophic hardware failure” to a state data system.

The hardware failure of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has caused an interruption in the state police department’s licensing division’s ability to complete background investigations for regulated firearm purchase applications, handgun qualification license applications and state wear-and-carry permit applications, state police said in an advisory Monday.

State police said that beginning Tuesday, applications to purchase firearms from a dealer, which require a seven-day wait period, will likely take longer due to the failure. In response, the agency is asking regulated firearms dealers not to transfer firearms until background checks have been completed.

“The MDSPLD encourages [registered firearms dealers] not to transfer these firearms until background checks have been completed,” the agency said.