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    Default How did they pass NICS and not PICS

    edited by me, I have my reasons....

    thanks
    Last edited by chesire17201; January 28th, 2009 at 09:48 AM.

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    Default Re: How did they pass NICS and not PICS

    my Father bought guns for years. Well makin this story short, PICS denied him Because he and some friends stole gas from a farmers tractor in 1956

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    Default Re: How did they pass NICS and not PICS

    Article 1. Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution, to which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a signatory, states, in part: "No State shall ... pass any Bill of Attainder [or] ex post facto Law ..."

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    Default Re: How did they pass NICS and not PICS

    Time to get a lawyer familar with Pa. gun laws so your friend can get a reversal on the state's decision to deny him.

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    Default Re: How did they pass NICS and not PICS

    Would seem to me that he IS legal to purchase, own, carry etc,etc. seeing as he can pass a FBI check and the NICS check, and it must be something in the Pa language that screws him up.

    still confused though and agree, would be nice to hear what an attorney has to say on this, will have to tell him, shouldn't be too much $$ .....

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    Default Re: How did they pass NICS and not PICS

    PA's law is slightly more stringent than FL's and Federal law. There is a discretionary factor too if it goes to an operator. If it remotely looks like a prohibited item they will deny the purchase or permit approval. You must then challenge the denial and try to prove otherwise.
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    Default Re: How did they pass NICS and not PICS

    what happens if you pass PICS but not NICS and you live in PA?

    If NICS has a bad mark do you automatically fail PICS?

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    Default Re: How did they pass NICS and not PICS

    Dumb question...

    What is PICS? Sounds like Pennsylvania instant check. If so I must have passed it when I got my carry permit and bought guns but I thought I was getting NIC checked.

    In fact, I thought I remembered the sherrif saying NIC check.

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    Default Re: How did they pass NICS and not PICS

    Quote Originally Posted by Tokamak View Post
    Dumb question...

    What is PICS?
    Pennsylvania Instant Check System

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    Default Re: How did they pass NICS and not PICS

    Quote Originally Posted by Tokamak View Post
    Dumb question...

    What is PICS? Sounds like Pennsylvania instant check. If so I must have passed it when I got my carry permit and bought guns but I thought I was getting NIC checked.

    In fact, I thought I remembered the sherrif saying NIC check.
    as stated PICS is Pa instant check system, NICS is NATIONAL instant check system.......

    not really sure what the difference is between the 2, but i would think it would be harder to pass NICS.......

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