What is the reason behind the long wait for a tax stamp?

[THE BIG SITT]

If a NICS check takes seconds, how much more are they checking that it takes months? How much of the 9 months do they actually spend looking into an individual?

I would bet it take no longer to do one over the other. The difference seems to be the sheer amount of applicants that want a stamp compared to the number of people processing the other.

 

[THE BIG SITT]

No I did not mean this as a racial remark. I mean this the way country boy phrased it. The government is the biggest supporter of quotas for hiring. Instead of bringing in people who can do the job efficiently they have to follow quotas. I wish everyone would hire people to do jobs based on work performance no matter who they are.

Ok, that is something I can agree with.

 

[Brian Ski]

Ok, that is something I can agree with.

That is good... Sorry didn't mean to offend anyone. Sometimes my wording is not quite correct.

 

[CountryBoy19]

If a NICS check takes seconds, how much more are they checking that it takes months? How much of the 9 months do they actually spend looking into an individual?

The ATF process MILLIONs of forms every year. It's not just your Form 1,5 that they are processing. They process 5320.20 (request for interstate transport) they process Form 3 (dealer to dealer, dealer to manufacturer), they process Form 2?? (when an SOT manufacturer makes Title II firearms), and many, many others. All these forms are processed by the same 10-20 examiners. IIRC, they process over 100 forms per workday. That is quite a bit considering that up until recently they were all paper form and required background check, verify all parts of the form and correctly filled in etc, making sure all of your additional paperwork is complete etc, then sign, stamp, transcribe serial number onto the stamp (remember they do this with not 1 copy of the form, but 2 copies, one for you and one for them).

 

[THE BIG SITT]

The ATF process MILLIONs of forms every year. It's not just your Form 1,5 that they are processing. They process 5320.20 (request for interstate transport) they process Form 3 (dealer to dealer, dealer to manufacturer), they process Form 2?? (when an SOT manufacturer makes Title II firearms), and many, many others. All these forms are processed by the same 10-20 examiners. IIRC, they process over 100 forms per workday. That is quite a bit considering that up until recently they were all paper form and required background check, verify all parts of the form and correctly filled in etc, making sure all of your additional paperwork is complete etc, then sign, stamp, transcribe serial number onto the stamp (remember they do this with not 1 copy of the form, but 2 copies, one for you and one for them).

Seems... inefficient to say the least.