Mobuck I don't think either side can "prove" their position but I still have concerns about why some people go to such lengths to support the ATF's position.
Once again, you confuse an understanding of a situation as being in support of that position.
That's sad.
It takes me less than a week to hire a part time temporary employee who gets a background check, is issued a government owned computer, and has an ID card giving access to all sorts of confidential information, records, and agency offices.
Which has what to do with anything at ATF?
It's been common knowledge for DECADES that NFA background checks have the lowest priority at the FBI.
Couple that with 41F requiring a background check on every Responsible Person and you get backlogs....backlogs in data entry at ATF, backlogs in background checks at the FBI.
Heck, 41F means it takes
me longer to complete a Form 4 for a customers transfer. I hate trust F4's with a dozen Responsible Persons.....that's a dozen sets of fingerprint cards, a dozen photos, a dozen RP questionnaires…………...and 12X as many opportunities for errors, omissions or just plain old typos.
It takes a year to get basically the same background check and 3 sheets of paper signed by ATF?????
That you continue to ask the same questions month after month tells us you are choosing to ignore the answers to the same questions.
1. ATF doesn't run background checks on any firearm. That's the FBI. Those NFA forms that take over a year?...…...that ain't ATF and you know that.
2. ATF cannot approve an NFA form until it receives a "proceed" from the FBI on the individual who applied or a proceed on every Responsible Person on an application by a trust. Unlike Title I transfers, Federal law requires a proceed before approval, no approval after a "three day delay", and no exemptions for state firearm permits.
3. Background checks on individuals and RP's that don't get a "proceed" and/or remain unresolved stay in limbo, ATF can't act on them and eventually the form will be denied because "FBI background check unresolved".
4.Data entry continues to be a huge factor in the wait time. This is seen in the wait times for EForm 1's vs Paper Form 1/4's.
Noper, we're being dragged around the gazebo but I can't prove it.
So, lets be clear...…..EForm 1's are being processed and approved in under two months in many cases, as little as 33 days in some. Paper Form 1/4's in eight months...…….and because SOME take a year or more there's an organized plot to purposefully delay the approval of NFA forms? Wouldn't you think that plot would slow roll ALL NFA forms?
The typical 8-10 month wait on a paper Form 4 can be blamed on data entry.
Those forms that exceed 12 months? That extra time is on the FBI.