New ATF employees, shorter NFA wait times?

[cgbills]

Here is an interesting article

Form 1 and Form 4 Wait Times expected to decrease - NFA Gun Trust Lawyer Blog

I guess the ATF hired more NFA investigators, three times as many as before. Has anyone heard about this?

 

[Beowulf]

Here is an interesting article

Form 1 and Form 4 Wait Times expected to decrease - NFA Gun Trust Lawyer Blog

I guess the ATF hired more NFA investigators, three times as many as before. Has anyone heard about this?

It's been posted here before (and on other NFA boards).

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/class_iii_nfa/250508-more_nfa_examiners_hired_hoooray.html

It will take them some time to fill the open positions (hopefully, they'll keep the same temp researchers they had before to cut down training time). Considering I just bought 2 suppressors and am waiting on the Form 3 to clear to my dealer so I can start my Form 4s, I have my fingers crossed that we might see wait times drop back to 90 days (though I have a feeling it's probably not going to happen in time to help me).

Correction: According to your article, it says they already hired the 9 new examiners. Hmm, maybe I'm in good shape after all.

 

[indykid]

That just gives them more people on the federal payroll with the ability to stomp on your constitutional rights.

Sorry that is not what you want to hear, but just my 2 cents on an out of control government.

 

[Beowulf]

That just gives them more people on the federal payroll with the ability to stomp on your constitutional rights.

Sorry that is not what you want to hear, but just my 2 cents on an out of control government.

I agree with your sentiment. However, the only way to end the unconstitutional that is the NFA is for either Congress to repeal it (extremely unlikely) or the Supreme Court to rule it unconstitutional (also unlikely, but maybe slightly more likely than Congress). Until that happens, we are stuck with the government deciding who gets to have Class III items and who doesn't.

By having more examiners and encouraging more and more people to get into Class III shooting, we make it harder and harder for the government to go the other way and just outright ban them. When there are only a handful of NFA owners out there, it's easy enough to just ban everything. If there are millions, then all of a sudden a lot of voters have an interest in maintaining and expanding NFA rights.

 

[indykid]

Good point Beowulf!

 

[JoshuaW]

I'm finally getting my toes wet in NFA after my January bonus, I haven't been able to shut up about it since I figured out it was going to be bigger than any of my previous ones, and my fiance would tell you that I have been even more excited over the additional examiners. Less wait time means it is less painful to have money tied up in items I won't see for a few months, which means I will be more likely to buy them!

 

[samot]

I was at the NFATCA meeting with ATF at SAR .
Yes 9 new examiners were hired .
The first 5 or 6 can't remember , are projected to be trained & working by April .
And yes the assistants were contracted for another year .

 

[Beowulf]

I was at the NFATCA meeting with ATF at SAR .
Yes 9 new examiners were hired .
The first 5 or 6 can't remember , are projected to be trained & working by April .
And yes the assistants were contracted for another year .

Thanks for the info. That's good news.

 

[Josh Ward]

The waiting sucks....that is all.....

 

[M67]

Mailed off my first form 4 June 28th, got it yesterday (the 21st). I have several friends who sent there's in a couple days after me and they got there's the same day, so just a touch under 6 months