NICS: What is the National Instant Criminal Background Check System?

National Instant Criminal Background Check News

Here’s how the NICS background check system works

My colleagues are justifiably concerned that facial recognition technology used by law enforcement produces more false matches for people of color than for whites. But imagine an even less sophisticated computer system that instantly adjudicates your civil rights based on the spelling of your first and last name and your birthday, and whether you share that name with someone convicted of a felony or with someone who may be in prison today. Well, such a system exists, and there is no judge or jur