fishertodd
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- May 12, 2013
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I preface this with the fact that we do release on the 8th business day in many cases, but not always.
If you were seeking a new nanny or babysitter for your kids, would leave that person alone with your kids just based on an interview, or would you wait for their background check to come back?
If you were renting out your house, would you let strangers move in based on a brief face to face meeting, or would you wait for the credit check to come back?
If you had amassed a tidy fortune and wanted a financial manager to handle it for you, would you put them right on the checking account, or would you wait until you knew more about their reliability, and their background had come back?
Lets say you are just hiring someone to handle the cash register at your small business. Would you let someone walk in off the street and start making change out of the drawer, or would you wait until you had checked their references?
Does FFLs waiting for background checks to come back before they hand out firearms start to sound a bit more reasonable now?
Not at all when it is currently taking upwards of 90 days for the MSP to return an application with a ND. Continue with your policy at your own peril. After all, it is your business and you should be free to operate it as you choose, consistent with the laws of the land. However, in this free society and in a free market economy, consumers are also free to choose. With numerous and increasing numbers of FFLs choosing to release early, they are enjoying a competitive advantage. They are gaining loyal customers and freeing up space to increase inventories of new firearms, resulting in greater sales. This community has a long memory. While I will not criticize your release policy, please understand that I for one will seek out FFLs who release in eight days (or thereabouts), consistent with federal and Maryland law for my future purchases and will remain with them as a loyal customer. As for my current FFL that is holding two firearms (first paperwork submitted 4/11) and not releasing without MSP ND, I am not complaining, harassing, or arguing, but I am done with them as an FFL. I will not purchase from them or transfer to them ever again. That is my right as a consumer. Does our position sound a bit more reasonable now?