Because there are less than 15 examiners who process thousands of form a year.
As I understand it , the state does it's checks and if you've been a good boy they send it up to the feds .
IMO , that should be the end of the process . If your state says your G2G , the feds should rubber stamp it and send you the stamps .
It's a BS process that takes WAY TOO FREAKIN LONG ! I'm glad I did two at the same time cause I'll never do it again .
The state does no check. Some local governments, like IMPD do limited local criminal history checks which are nothing compared to the FBI's Federal Triple III background and AFIS checks.
I don't even think all local .gov's even take the time or resources to do the local check because they know what the fed's are going to do.
However, I do agree that it is a BS process and takes way to freakin long!!!
The state does no check. Some local governments, like IMPD do limited local criminal history checks which are nothing compared to the FBI's Federal Triple III background and AFIS checks.
I don't even think MOST local .gov's even take the time or resources to do the local check because they know what the fed's are going to do.
However, I do agree that it is a BS process and takes way to freakin long!!!
FIFY. I would say it's probably a very small percentage of localities that do a background check before signing off. Probably big municipalities/counties lead the way there.
That's a lot of work! I have more respect for them now then I did before I read this thread. While the wait sucks, I now know why. As long as they don't raise the cost of the stamp then I'm happy!According to the ATF Facts and Figures report there were 834,328 NFA applications approved in fiscal year 2009.
With the 10 examiners that comes out to 228 forms per person, per day!
ATF Fact Sheet - Facts and Figures (FY 2009)
That's a lot of work! I have more respect for them now then I did before I read this thread. While the wait sucks, I now know why. As long as they don't raise the cost of the stamp then I'm happy!
Edit, I did the math and got slightly different numbers....
The 834,328 divided by 365 is 2258 and some change, but they don't work everyday so estimating at 260 days it is 3208 and change! That's insane! Break it down even further... divided by 8 for the 8 hour day and its 401 an hour.... even further divided by the 60 minutes in an hour and its 6.68 a minute! That's just under one every ten seconds..... That is truly insane! Not much time to investigate someone!
Crap, I knew there was something I was forgetting. Stupid math!divide the first number by ten first (ten examiners) ....... before going into your days hours min.... then you have what each one does
With the 10 examiners that comes out to 228 forms per person, per day!