An update

Remember last week when I received back interstate transfer forms for my Uzi as  ‘DISSAPPROVED’ because the ATF document examiner couldn’t find the serial number in my inventory?

Well, my voice mail for a call back was never returned within the timeframe ATF says they can take (typical) so I called back this morning and was quickly routed to a supervisor.
The problem was figured out in about 20 seconds and the man requested I email new forms directly to him – which I did – and he’d show the examiner where she made her mistake and get the approval process back on track.

The problem, as had been earlier speculated, is that the original transfer to me was back when I had my Federal Firearms Dealers license, along with paying the Special Occupational Tax to deal in machineguns, and my business trade name, as well as my name, is listed on the form.
If a person doesn’t pay attention, they miss my name and only see the business name, which apparently was the case, and *whambo!* out comes the ‘You Are A No Go At This Station™’ stamp.
So, we’ll see how long it takes to get the approved forms back to me this time.

Now, here’s the interesting part of the whole rigmarole.
When the supervisor emailed me back acknowledging he had received my email, his signature block ended with: “si vis pacem para bellum”
Latin, or course, for: “If you want peace, prepare for war”.

Quite unusual, one might think, for a bureaucrap who’s job deals with gun control laws and regulations to include a phrase that’s well known in the gun world for promoting a ‘pro gun’ attitude