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Originally Posted by WW2Junkie  Having worked for the Feds for 30 years, 22 in the Dept. of Justice, YES!!
I am a federal law enforcement officer and it still took 4 months to get me cleared for my C&R. Even then I think it was only issued because I started making calls to see what the problem was. Suddenly I was approved.  |
Sure sounds familiar, Junkie. Welcome to the forum.
I used to be a Merchant Marine officer, got background checked and all that hooey; put in for my NY state pistol permit and had to pay for another FBI background check; got the pistol permit, no trouble, reasonably quickly.
Put in for my C&R license and waited 3 months. No action. Emailed BATFE & asked where is it? Got an email back explaining how BAFTE supposedly does it in the Peoples Democratic Republic of New York, including interviews and a visit to your house to verify you and it really exist.
Called my congresscritter and asked what was going on with BATFE, that they can process through people in places like Arizona, Tennessee and Kentucky in a matter of 3 or 4 weeks with no interviews, no house calls or anything; could they please look into this? Called the phone number from BATFE's email and eventually got a nice lady in the Brooklyn office that services my general area who checked into it and told me my application was "pending," and they'd get around to it. Two weeks later, my C&R arrived. No interviews, no house call, just the permit.
It took four months, but I'm not complaining any more. At least I have it now! But I do wonder if someone on the congresscritter's staff called up BATFE and asked them how come people in other states with pistol permits and FBI background checks run within the last 6 months can get their permits with no trouble; while people living in upstate New York have to wait much, much longer.