Privatizing PICS and NICS

**TaePo** · July 21st, 2018, 10:34 AM

Not sure what or how privatized. We already have FFL to do transfers and sheriff / chief LEO for LTCF. Everyone must check against one database, PICS for state and NICS for feds. So those would be monopolies. Only lowest bidder for contract would be a free market event every year or so tbd. Otherwise, perhaps the employees (operators) and training outsourced to several companies?

It would be interesting to wrest control of the non-registry record of sale database from the state police, though!

**edstephan** · August 1st, 2018, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by hog45

In a free market, businesses that suck go out of business, while businesses that are good at what they do, do well.

Honestly I am really surprised how many people here think the government is better and more trustworthy about gun purchases than the free market would be.

It is fine, I just would never have guessed it on this forum.

What "Free Market". The United States has not had a "free market" since the 1920's
Ed