They tend to give estimated dates on the long side so as not to disappoint. Right now they are running about 210 days (and falling rapidly) from check cashed to stamp approval on paper forms.Form 4 submitted in September, 2013 went pending in November 2013. Based on a status inquiry call today, I was told late August/September time frame to get the stamp. That's about one year for a paper filed trust form 4.
Needless to say, this is horrible. Processing times are purposely inefficient for political reasons. Rights delayed are rights denied.
I hope one day they move the AT to the Treasury Dept and the E to the FBI and the F to the states where it belongs.
The DOD scans finger prints, and pictures, and uses adobe e-signatures, why can't the ATF?
This is very true. Other than the arcane NFA of 1934, there is really no reason to regulate SBR and supressors any differently than other firearms. Since this law remains on the books, they try to make it as painful as possible for law abiding citizens to legally own the same equipment that exists in every civilian police department in the country.The whole point is to harass the law abiding gun owner, ans suppress your second amendment rights. If it wasn't, why would then ever need more than one set of fingerprints and photos at intervals shorter than you DMV?