TICS shut down today.

[3gundave]

We got an email yesterday saying they were having new servers installed and would be up and running at 8:00 AM Thursday morning. As of 6:30 PM, still down and they couldn't even run a background check over the phone. There were no dealer sales in Tennessee today. Gotta love the lowest bidder.

[Ramjo]

That sucks.

[Erick]

Do you know when it will be back up? I found a Ruger SR1911 today and paid for it but can't take it home 'till they run the background check.

[mikegideon]

That sucks.

Sure does. I have a gun sitting at D&T right now.

[Ebow1]

Erick-Ouch.

[mikegideon]

Do you know when it will be back up? I found a Ruger SR1911 today and paid for it but can't take it home 'till they run the background check.

Yep. 1911 for me too. Not a Ruger, but still chompin' at the bit. Paid for,

[3gundave]

Hopefully it will be up this morning. We've got a few waiting also.

[bubbiesdad]

So gun sales can be stopped with the push of a button?

[Troutburger]

And they finally had the online program working fairly well...

[QuietDan]

So, basically, when the election riots begin, there's a single point of gun control for the whole nation . . . the FBI in Holder's "Justice Department" just turns off the database that feeds the TICS equivalent in the various states. . . .

Edited April 27, 2012 by QuietDan

[Jonnin]

This happens all the time. Anyone else unable to buy one on black friday last year or the year before? And a couple of other times as well the system has crashed, either overloaded or just glitches.

Yes, in an ideal world where people hired competent businesses to do jobs (rather than low bid or cronyism or whatever) the system gurus would have kept the old servers running and live patched in the new ones seamlessly, and no one would ever have known it happened from the user's side. But turning them all off, tearing it down and putting it back together works too. Its crude, but in a day or 2 it should all be up and running again if the people doing it are even half competent. It could take a week or more if they are incompetent or discover a massive problem (but if that happens, and they had any sense, the old ones would be brought back online!).

I suppose it could be used as a form of stopping gun sales. For a day or 2. I think after a week or so there would begin to be some "unexplained inventory loss" at many places, though the price may go up.

Edited April 27, 2012 by Jonnin

[Dolomite_supafly]

You can still do a call in for approval.

Dolomite

[Guest 6.8 AR]

We got an email yesterday saying they were having new servers installed and would be up and running at 8:00 AM Thursday morning. As of 6:30 PM, still down and they couldn't even run a background check over the phone. There were no dealer sales in Tennessee today. Gotta love the lowest bidder.

Government caused restraint of commerce. Should be considered unlawful. I don't care what their excuse is. It's wrong.

Like Jonnin said, they could have done much better.

[BLACKVANDRIVER]

You can still do a call in for approval.

Dolomite

Negative. The TBI Database was down and they couldnt even run one when we called in yesterday.

[PolePosition]

I went into the gun store yesterday to purchase a gun and am waiting for approval also. I hope TICS is back up today so that I can go pick it up

[mikegideon]

You can still do a call in for approval.

Dolomite

...

Edited April 27, 2012 by mikegideon

[PolePosition]

I JUST got the phone call from the store. TICS is back up. Bout to go pick up my new gat now!

[mikegideon]

I JUST got the phone call from the store. TICS is back up. Bout to go pick up my new gat now!

Ditto that

[Reservoir Dog]

TICS goes down way too much. They should figure out a way to allow TN dealers to use NICS when this happens.

[dunndw]

TICS shouldn't be required for permit holders at all.

[Kenstaroni]

TICS shouldn't be required for permit holders at all.

+1000

[Guest cardcutter]

TICS shouldn't be required for permit holders at all.

In the olden times in Alabama (1980 s) if you had an unrestricted pistol permit it was cash and carry.

[Guest bkelm18]

TICS shouldn't be required for permit holders at all.

Fixed that for you.

[Oh Shoot]

In the olden times in Alabama (1980 s) if you had an unrestricted pistol permit it was cash and carry.

??

Cash and carry most everywhere until NICS check instituted in 2/94.

- OS

Edited April 28, 2012 by OhShoot

[tnhawk]

TICS shouldn't be required for permit holders at all.

I don't see that revenue & control over us being given up anytime soon.