Checking on C&R status

texnmidwest · 03-31-2008, 07:06 AM

I am trying to check on the status of my C&R application. I called the service center and inquired. The nice lady I first talked to gave me my reference number and then transfered me to the clerk handling my application. Of course, voice mail. I left a message. That was Wednesday. I called again thursday and Friday. No response. I am wondering if anyone else has had this much trouble getting a return call?

OK, I'll answer my own question. Finally got in touch with someone. Took calling every hour or so all morning to finally get in touch with a live human being. She said that it is taking at least 90 days to process. So, no major trouble, just taking time to get through the red tape. So, we wait.

roadie · 03-31-2008, 02:08 PM

Well, I've been waiting now just about 8 weeks. I am hoping it comes soon,but if I gotta wait, then i gotta wait.

.22guy · 03-31-2008, 02:17 PM

Mine came in about 32 days. I was lucky.

Just be patient, it will come eventually. It takes lots of time for some people.

Cyrano · 03-31-2008, 02:28 PM

Mine took more than four months, half a dozen emails, three phone calls and a call to my congressman's district office before it showed up. Of course, New York does things its own way.

My observation is the more gun-friendly your state is, the faster your C&R license shows up in your mailbox. Floks in the South and the Southwest have little trouble. People who have the misfortune to live in one of the Peoples Democratic Republics like California, New York and Massachusetts have long waits. I won't come out and say the idea is for the BATFE to take your money and hope you get discouraged and not follow up on your application, but one does rather gather that impression from the glacial slowness with which they process applications from the PDRs.

Righteous · 03-31-2008, 06:12 PM

took me 30 days right on the money and that included one holiday thrown in there :P

SwedeSteve · 03-31-2008, 07:14 PM

Aother thing to consider is, if your background check hits any snags at all, they have to research it. This could be something as simple as your last name being the same as a known felon's, a speeding ticket in excess of $100, a prior arrest, a prior restraining order, etc., etc., etc.

lefty o · 03-31-2008, 07:20 PM

or, its just because its a pathetically slow government agency.

SwedeSteve · 04-01-2008, 08:17 AM

Well, I thought that was a given, LOL! I waited 4 months for mine! So if you're at 4-6 weeks be happy! The bottom line is, it's worth waiting for, and that is for sure.

03-31-2008, 07:06 AM	#1
texnmidwest Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South east Wisconsin Posts: 1,938	Checking on C&R status I am trying to check on the status of my C&R application. I called the service center and inquired. The nice lady I first talked to gave me my reference number and then transfered me to the clerk handling my application. Of course, voice mail. I left a message. That was Wednesday. I called again thursday and Friday. No response. I am wondering if anyone else has had this much trouble getting a return call? OK, I'll answer my own question. Finally got in touch with someone. Took calling every hour or so all morning to finally get in touch with a live human being. She said that it is taking at least 90 days to process. So, no major trouble, just taking time to get through the red tape. So, we wait. __________________ "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (If all else fails play dead) Last edited by texnmidwest; 03-31-2008 at 01:20 PM. Reason: New info and no response tells me I need to stop whining! LOL!

03-31-2008, 02:08 PM	#2
roadie Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 309 Images: 10 Blog Entries: 1	Well, I've been waiting now just about 8 weeks. I am hoping it comes soon,but if I gotta wait, then i gotta wait. __________________ Blaming guns for violent acts is like blaming the keyboard for your poor spelling.

03-31-2008, 02:17 PM	#3
.22guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,635	Mine came in about 32 days. I was lucky. Just be patient, it will come eventually. It takes lots of time for some people. __________________ Guns: they are like baseball cards except they are cool and you can kill things with em. -Billy

03-31-2008, 02:28 PM	#4
Cyrano Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York Posts: 1,108	Mine took more than four months, half a dozen emails, three phone calls and a call to my congressman's district office before it showed up. Of course, New York does things its own way. My observation is the more gun-friendly your state is, the faster your C&R license shows up in your mailbox. Floks in the South and the Southwest have little trouble. People who have the misfortune to live in one of the Peoples Democratic Republics like California, New York and Massachusetts have long waits. I won't come out and say the idea is for the BATFE to take your money and hope you get discouraged and not follow up on your application, but one does rather gather that impression from the glacial slowness with which they process applications from the PDRs. Last edited by Cyrano; 03-31-2008 at 06:21 PM.

03-31-2008, 07:14 PM	#6
SwedeSteve Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 4,356	Aother thing to consider is, if your background check hits any snags at all, they have to research it. This could be something as simple as your last name being the same as a known felon's, a speeding ticket in excess of $100, a prior arrest, a prior restraining order, etc., etc., etc. __________________ You can tune a piano, but you can't Tuna Fish!

03-31-2008, 06:12 PM	#5
Righteous Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 196	took me 30 days right on the money and that included one holiday thrown in there :P

03-31-2008, 07:20 PM	#7
lefty o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: mn Posts: 4,240	or, its just because its a pathetically slow government agency.

04-01-2008, 08:17 AM	#8
SwedeSteve Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 4,356	Well, I thought that was a given, LOL! I waited 4 months for mine! So if you're at 4-6 weeks be happy! The bottom line is, it's worth waiting for, and that is for sure. __________________ You can tune a piano, but you can't Tuna Fish!

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