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Cyrano · 01-12-2008, 07:11 PM

I'm a bit confused here. From what I had read about the C&R license, the process is supposed to be straightforward.

You request the forms from the BATFE website. They send them to you. You fill out two copies, one for the BATFE and one for the local chief law enforcement officer in your area (chief of police, county sheriff, whatever). You send the BATFE form off along with a check for $30 and the info copy of the application to the local chief law enforcement officer. BATFE does a background check on you. If they find nothing that would prohibit issuance of the license, they send you the license. At least, that was what I was led to understand the process was.

However, someone from the New York BATFE office has contacted me by email with the following in response to my request concerning some idea of how long the process is supposed to take:

"You complete the application and mail it to the address in Atlanta, Georgia. The Federal Firearms Licensing Center (FFLC) will examine the application and complete a background check. Once the application process is completed then the FFLC will forward your application to the field office that handles your location. An Industry Operations Investigator will contact you to conduct an application inspection to review the laws and regulations pertaining to the Curio and Relics license."

When did this happy horse manure enter the mix? What will this Industry Operations Investigator, whatever that is, have to do with my application? Is the idea to make sure I understand what the rules pertaining to a C&R license are, what I can do and what I cannot do under this license? Are they planning to come to my house to evaluate how I store my firearms? Just what is this, anyway?

Has anyone on the forum had one of these Industry Operations Inverstigators contact them as part of the approval process for a C&R license? Or is this some new thing BATFE has just instituted? Any advice will be appreciated.

01-12-2008, 07:11 PM	#1
Cyrano Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York Posts: 1,604	Question on C&R License procedure I'm a bit confused here. From what I had read about the C&R license, the process is supposed to be straightforward. You request the forms from the BATFE website. They send them to you. You fill out two copies, one for the BATFE and one for the local chief law enforcement officer in your area (chief of police, county sheriff, whatever). You send the BATFE form off along with a check for $30 and the info copy of the application to the local chief law enforcement officer. BATFE does a background check on you. If they find nothing that would prohibit issuance of the license, they send you the license. At least, that was what I was led to understand the process was. However, someone from the New York BATFE office has contacted me by email with the following in response to my request concerning some idea of how long the process is supposed to take: "You complete the application and mail it to the address in Atlanta, Georgia. The Federal Firearms Licensing Center (FFLC) will examine the application and complete a background check. Once the application process is completed then the FFLC will forward your application to the field office that handles your location. An Industry Operations Investigator will contact you to conduct an application inspection to review the laws and regulations pertaining to the Curio and Relics license." When did this happy horse manure enter the mix? What will this Industry Operations Investigator, whatever that is, have to do with my application? Is the idea to make sure I understand what the rules pertaining to a C&R license are, what I can do and what I cannot do under this license? Are they planning to come to my house to evaluate how I store my firearms? Just what is this, anyway? Has anyone on the forum had one of these Industry Operations Inverstigators contact them as part of the approval process for a C&R license? Or is this some new thing BATFE has just instituted? Any advice will be appreciated.