My dealer called me today to let me know that they had received the Form 4 for my M16A1 back due to my name being misspelled. She asked how I spell my name, I told her, and she responded that that's the way it's on the form. So, she called them. It turns out that the officer who did my fingerprint cards misspelled my middle name by using an e instead of an a. I'm kicking myself for missing the officer's mistake, but I did hand her my driver's license to copy from.
The ATF agent that she spoke with told her to send it back with a note indicating that the fingerprint cards were incorrect. I guess it would be too much to ask for them to look through the stack of approved Form 1's and Form 4's to see what they've already approved. If that's not enough, they have the spelling of my name on my C&R license. Not to go on a rant, but I think that this is pretty illustrative of how much of a waste gun control is. Law enforcement is literally spending time chasing down one incorrect letter in the middle name of a person that they've performed about twenty complete background checks on. Meanwhile, the vast majority of actual convicted felons who have failed the background checks in their attempts to purchase firearms are never prosecuted.
To top it all off, I have two other Form 4's and one Form 1 that is still outstanding. All were sent in with fingerprint cards that have the same incorrect spelling. Now I have to figure out what to do about those. On the bright side, I was going to send of a Form 1 for my Zenith Z43P which included the fingerprint cards with the incorrect spelling. The call from my dealer saved that from happening. Also, my M16A1 is getting close to being approved.
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