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Originally Posted by Cyrano  Congratulations, redhed. I'm closing in on twelve weeks and the BATFE satellite office hasn't even been in touch with me yet to set up an appointment to prove: A) I'm a real person, B) with a real house and street address, C) where I can store a firearms collection safely, that D) should get a favorable report recommending approval sent back to Atlanta, which E) will eventually issue the C&R. Probably about the same time hell freezes over, at this rate. My application, according to the BATFE, is "pending."
The suggestion has been made that things are set up this way by the BATFE office that covers the Peoples Democratic Republic of New York so as to discourage people from applying for firearms licenses. Given how quickly folks on this forum in other places get their C&Rs, I must believe there is something to that. When all you want to do is start collecting without having to spend a fortune on transfer fees and gasoline, and hours traveling to a shop that may or may not have a piece you want after you get to see and examine it, the situation gets mighty depressing.
But I'm glad you have yours. |
I can't believe all the hoops you folks have to jump through in New York. I feel for you.
Hang in there, and if all else fails, start complaining....nicely of course.