Suppressor Ropa-Dopa...

moose&squirrel · Nov 12, 2019

So, I bought (actually paid for) a suppressor just before Christmas last year, got hung up I suppose during the government shut down, but my payment check (through the Suppressor Store) was cashed last February, and so I called the ATF number in West Virginny last week. My data was found, but no news on when the one guy who handles suppressor filings up there will approve me and send out the damned stamp. This is not my first suppressor, either. The person on the phone said "it takes about a year."

"It takes about a year." For what? I got my master's degree in two semesters, and that was a lot of work. What the hell are they doing up there?

Bertfish · Nov 12, 2019

They do it when they feel like it. Lands on someone's desk and it gets done when it gets done.

danb · Nov 12, 2019

yep, a lot of us are in the same predicament.

The good news is that Dec/Jan apps are coming back so should not be much longer.

The bad news is that had you waited until July when they apparently added more staff, you might already be approved and have it in hand. Evidently new staff just picked up random new apps in July. Or, so the interwebs tells me.

Sundazes · Nov 12, 2019

Yup... I have one in jail from last Dec. A friend just got one back after 4 months. I think a trust takes longer than individual. I think the average is 9 to 10 months.

44man · Nov 12, 2019

I am still waiting on a stamp I processed last Black Friday

I guess it takes what it takes, at least that’s what I tell myself

protegeV · Nov 12, 2019

I wish there was the technology to embed some sort of camera in the paperwork and record a time lapse of the journey. I'm sure it involves sitting in a pile for 11 months and 3 weeks. THen someone grabs it, writes a few things down and stuffs it in an envelope and off into the mail.

epps1919 · Nov 12, 2019

It took 11 months for mine to come back

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GuitarmanNick · Nov 12, 2019

Typical. I am of the opinion that most gooberment employees are not capable of holding a job in the real world!

Mike OTDP · Nov 12, 2019

NFA Branch has been chronically understaffed...and the FBI slow-rolls the background checks. If we had real representation in Congress (I know, but one can dream), there would be some redress.

I'm convinced ATF is sitting on a legal time bomb here. MGs, in particular, represent large sums of capital. An entry-level MAC-11 would make a down payment on a car. A prewar Thompson is close to a down payment on a house. Tying that much capital up in the transfer pipeline is arguably a 5th Amendment Taking. Particularly since they can run criminal records for people with felony charges in a timely manner...and doubly so when many NFA buyers have already been through the full background check.

Ammo Jon · Nov 13, 2019

Mine was less than 90, just picked up the other day.

alucard0822 · Nov 13, 2019

Allegedly, per Lanco Tactical, when they changed the NFA lock box from GA to OR this year, the people working apps from OR just started working whatever hit their desk after they were set up and running around May, hence the <90 day wait. Anything stuck in line from the old GA address had to wait for the skeleton crew left there to get to it. Not sure if it was sent from one office to another, or where each app goes from the time somebody gets it till they mail the stamp back, but I'm sure it is F-ing ridiculous.

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