I sent in my FFL renewal in April

zxcvbob · June 13, 2012, 10:40 PM

and BATF hasn't cashed the check yet. My current license doesn't expire until the first of July, but that's just a few weeks away. Is it time to call them and see if there's a problem?

dogtown tom · June 14, 2012, 01:04 AM

I think so.
ATF has always cashed my checks within days of receiving it.

zxcvbob · June 14, 2012, 11:37 AM

I called them; they've received it but it's still pending a background check. They said if I don't get it by July 1 to call back and they'll send me an extension letter.

tobnpr · June 16, 2012, 12:17 PM

It takes longer to get a renewal than a new license?
Mine only took 5 weeks last year...

I had no idea they would need to run a new background check for a renewal; I would have thought that their database would be automatically updated if there were an "event", like a felony conviction.

If that doesn't happen, an FFL holder (of any type) could be convicted of a serious felony, and still retain their license until renewal? Doesn't sound right...

Don P · June 17, 2012, 04:56 PM

Were you a bad boy during the past 3 years?

zxcvbob · June 17, 2012, 05:16 PM

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Were you a bad boy during the past 3 years?

Good question...

I got a speeding ticket last year, and on another occasion one for no seatbelt.
I am a Republican delegate -- but just at the congressional district level, not state or national.
I have said on a couple of public forums that Eric Holder ought to be in prison.
I gave money to the Ron Paul for President campaign.

I'm screwed, aren't I?

tobnpr · June 18, 2012, 06:44 PM

Well, the last three...
Three strikes, yer out

zxcvbob · July 7, 2012, 02:00 AM

I called them again Tuesday to get an "extension letter" and the girl (never called me "Sir" this time but sounded like a real person instead of a droid like the last guy) said they sent on Sunday. I asked about the check never clearing and she told me the correct check number and said to check again on 4/27, that they might have run it as an electronic transfer instead of a check. Sho' nuff.

The FFL came in the mail today. And it has a little card in the corner that you can cut off and carry in you wallet (not sure what that's good for)

Cheapshooter · July 7, 2012, 02:09 AM

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The FFL came in the mail today. And it has a little card in the corner that you can cut off and carry in you wallet (not sure what that's good for)

Does it have all the license information on it, and a place for you to sign it. Don't remember one on my last renewal. I wonder if distributors will accept it for out of state C&R sales? Could be handy at Knob Creek instead of carrying a handful of copies.

madcratebuilder · July 7, 2012, 08:58 AM

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Were you a bad boy during the past 3 years?
Good question...

I got a speeding ticket last year, and on another occasion one for no seatbelt.
I am a Republican delegate -- but just at the congressional district level, not state or national.
I have said on a couple of public forums that Eric Holder ought to be in prison.
I gave money to the Ron Paul for President campaign.

I'm screwed, aren't I?

Bob, me thinks you are on 'the list'

Kentucky-75 · July 7, 2012, 01:41 PM

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The FFL came in the mail today. And it has a little card in the corner that you can cut off and carry in you wallet (not sure what that's good for)

I never got that 'little card in the corner that you can cut off and carry in your wallet'. I have no idea what it is for, they must have started that after I got my renewed license late last year ... My renewal took seven weeks, whereas normally in the past it took less than two weeks.

June 13, 2012, 10:40 PM	#1
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 3,656	I sent in my FFL renewal in April and BATF hasn't cashed the check yet. My current license doesn't expire until the first of July, but that's just a few weeks away. Is it time to call them and see if there's a problem? __________________ "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun"

June 14, 2012, 01:04 AM	#2
dogtown tom Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 1,274	I think so. ATF has always cashed my checks within days of receiving it. __________________ Need a FFL in north Dallas/Plano/Allen/Frisco/McKinney ? Just EMAIL me. $20 transfers ($10 for CHL, active military,police,fire or schoolteachers)

June 14, 2012, 11:37 AM	#3
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 3,656	I called them; they've received it but it's still pending a background check. They said if I don't get it by July 1 to call back and they'll send me an extension letter. __________________ "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun"

June 17, 2012, 04:56 PM	#5
Don P Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2005 Location: East Central Florida Posts: 4,408	Were you a bad boy during the past 3 years? __________________ *NRA Life Member, NRA Range Safety Officer, IDPA Safety Officer* *As you are, I once was, As I am, You will be.*

July 7, 2012, 02:00 AM	#8
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 3,656	I called them again Tuesday to get an "extension letter" and the girl (never called me "Sir" this time but sounded like a real person instead of a droid like the last guy) said they sent on Sunday. I asked about the check never clearing and she told me the correct check number and said to check again on 4/27, that they might have run it as an electronic transfer instead of a check. Sho' nuff. The FFL came in the mail today. And it has a little card in the corner that you can cut off and carry in you wallet (not sure what that's good for) __________________ "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun"

June 16, 2012, 12:17 PM	#4
tobnpr Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2010 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 2,211	It takes longer to get a renewal than a new license? Mine only took 5 weeks last year... I had no idea they would need to run a new background check for a renewal; I would have thought that their database would be automatically updated if there were an "event", like a felony conviction. If that doesn't happen, an FFL holder (of any type) could be convicted of a serious felony, and still retain their license until renewal? Doesn't sound right...

June 18, 2012, 06:44 PM	#7
tobnpr Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2010 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 2,211	Well, the last three... Three strikes, yer out