The question is, would the media want to make a story of this... they only tend to gravitate towards the negative in regards to firearms...
Maybe contact Rossi and see how he feels about the subject, we know how Queen G and her posse feel about it...
Those investigative reporters would LOVE to hear about this. It is a story of discrimination and corruption in government, in a post 9/11 world. YOUR tax dollars at work, etc.
I would contact every news agency in every major city in washington. One coockie cutter email sent out to each one of them will result in their investigative reporters contacting DOL and asking questions. This will make the state crap their pants. Right now the state expects you to just sit there and take this BS like a good little subject, and most of you are falling for it because you think you have no rights as an immigrant. Nothing could be further fromt the truth.
A story going public about this BS is exactly what will light a fire under their asses to get this show on the road and start to find a way to begin processing licences once again.
After all, all other licensec that DOL puts through the same fingerprint and BG checks have remained unaffected. They do those checks the same way they do the AFL checks. But by some miracle in a post 9/11 world, only AFL licences have been affected...
That is a nice way of saying you are not trusted.