More NFA examiners Hired, HOOORAY

[dubsac]

This is definitely good news for the NFA crowd.
ATF Hires New NFA Examiners | The Truth About Guns

 

[Fordtough25]

That's good news! I'm planning on joining the NFA club with a suppressor next year.

 

[vitamink]

Good find. I hope it works out for us.

 

[SSGSAD]

So, does this mean, we can NO LONGER complain about bho, not putting people to work ?????

 

[xryan.jacksonx]

How many Form 1s and 4s pass through the ATF every year? At $200 a piece that is a good chunk of cash they could use to hire people. Lower wait times will probably increase the number of NFA applications which means more money. If an ATF examiner costs 100k a year in pay and benefits, that's only 500 stamps. Surley they can average 2 forms a day.

 

[shooter521]

Good find. I hope it works out for us.

This. I will cheer when a Form 1 or 4 once again takes ~90 days door to door, like the last one I did.

I clearly haven't submitted anything in awhile.

How many Form 1s and 4s pass through the ATF every year? At $200 a piece that is a good chunk of cash they could use to hire people.

Except that money generated by the NFA Branch doesn't go back into the NFA Branch; instead it goes into the ATF general fund to be used for who knows what. A *major* shortcoming of the system, IMO.

 

[JoshuaW]

Except that money generated by the NFA Branch doesn't go back into the NFA Branch; instead it goes into the ATF general fund to be used for who knows what. A *major* shortcoming of the system, IMO.

Which is something we should all be lobbying for. There is no reason why the NFA branch can't be self sufficient. At the very least they need to establish a standard where the more applications processed, the more examiners are employed. It is absurd that a revenue generating branch should be placed in a hiring freeze.

 

[xryan.jacksonx]

This. I will cheer when a Form 1 or 4 once again takes ~90 days door to door, like the last one I did.

I clearly haven't submitted anything in awhile.



Except that money generated by the NFA Branch doesn't go back into the NFA Branch; instead it goes into the ATF general fund to be used for who knows what. A *major* shortcoming of the system, IMO.

That's true, but from the governments perspective that is even more of a reason to do it. Sure, hiring more NFA examiners makes that department more in the red, but if the money leaves the NFA branch then overall that's more money for the DOJ to **** us over with.