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the state shut down its judicial
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computer network about two weeks ago
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after what officials are calling
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unauthorized activity it's not clear if
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this was a ransomware incident yet but
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the state just wanted to be cautious
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that the damage already done could
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trigger lawsuits from gun rights
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Advocates the Cyber breach has also
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impacted prisons Court appearances and
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trials aren't meeting required deadlines
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the state patrol says it's taking longer
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to get speeding tickets processed and
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currently it is not possible for the
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state to conduct background checks to
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ensure a gun buyer can take possession
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of their gun what's typically a 10day
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process could take weeks it's more than
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frustrating it's it is really reaching
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the point of legal action the Second
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Amendment Foundation is threatening to
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sue the state over the decision to Halt
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gun purchase background checks by taking
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down the Judicial Systems Network you
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cannot simply put people
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constitutional rights on on a shutdown
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that doesn't work if this had to do with
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anything but Firearms you'd be reading
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about it on the front page of every
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newspaper in the state I use the analogy
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of the bridge being out if the bridge is
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out the bridge is out you you know you
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just have to pull over and wait State
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Patrol spokesperson Chris Loftus says
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state law requires background checks by
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only one system the one that was taken
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offline so there are no other options we
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can't do something that's unsafe when it
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comes to making sure that the people
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that are able to legally possess carry
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and and have firearms are the people who
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have had the right backgrounds checked
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and we're not putting guns into the
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wrong hands a spokesperson for the
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state's Administrative Office of the
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courts hopes to have the system up and
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running next week sometime and they
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noted that no personal data was
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compromised in this incident still those
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gun rights folks May file a lawsuit to
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make the state come up with a backup
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system in case something like this
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happens again in Olympia Drew Mickelson
