The feds won't even allow C&R FFLs to access NICS.
Btw, I was watching the Brit on CNN in a cafeteria tonight, and a BBC reporter, who was also a US citizen, did a "gun buy" at a local gun show. Since it was from a private seller, she was able to buy an AR15 with tac light and forward vertical grip without a NICS check. She spouted some misinformation on CNN such as 'by law you must be a US citizen to purchase a gun, but they didn't check,' which is a total lie. You do not have to be a US citizen to purchase a firearm in the US, but no one at CNN was smart enough to question her lies.