It's an infringement on our 2nd Amendment rights. Those lines should be open 24/7 - and shouldn't cost anything. (I mean, we don't pay to excercise our right to vote, so why do we pay the government to exercise our right to bear arms?)
The program we use for A&D / 4473"s actually has a component to run a NICS check electronically. Only one problem....we cannot get an account with the FBI as we live in a POC state with different regulations.
There was a rumor about a year ago about the state of Nevada setting up an electronic system similar to NICS that dealers would be able to use, but that was just a rumor.... at least so far....