ATF Conversation about a Denied Customer

[austinN4]

Needless to say, the NICS comes back DENY. I give him the pamphlet to fill out for the appeal process and he goes his merry way. 30 min later the local field office calls wanting a copy of the 4473...... 30 MINUTES LATER!!! I let them know all the info the customer informed me of and they were very curious about him then.

It may well be an innocent error, but given the times we live in and all of the shooting of LEO recently, I am glad they are checking this guy out.

Just curious, can you tell us what he was trying to pick up or is that TMIFTI?

[jwfuhrman]

He was in to pick up a GSG STG-44 in 22lr. You know, a terrible scary assault machine gun

[Ryno12]

He was in to pick up a GSG STG-44 in 22lr. You know, a terrible scary assault machine gun

Since you still got it, I'll take it off your hands.

[usmcvet]

mentally defective
or
Dishonorably discharged would be my guess

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I don't think he would be at the VA with a DD.

well he was denied, so....had to be something.

Based on the fact that he started discussing his psychiatric history with a guy running a gun store. That is prima facie evidence that someone is so stupid as to be mentally defective. I wouldn't trust the gun advice from most gun store clerks (present company excluded), much less their psychotherapy.

I agree he's got issues talking to the salesperson about his mental health, loss of his license to carry.and that he only buys guns off the books.

I can understand being understaffed, but we live in a remarkable time, all you have to do is pick up the phone.
I'm of the opinion if you have all of these Laws and to few agents to show up when someone is breaking a big one, maybe you just have too many Laws? I'm realy not sure why a local LEO couldn't show up and take the information and process the arrest.
I'm kind of back and forth with Felon's having guns, but why have the Law if no one is going to enforce it?

It might not have been a violation of state law. I have been called a few times to a LGS when a person with a warrant has tried to buy a gun.