Call BATF this morning to check on my M4-2000 just for the hell of it. This is how it went.
Me: May I speak with Suzanne Santamaria?
BATF: Yes. Just one moment.
SS: Suzanne Santamaria
Me: Yes. I'd like to check status on my suppressor.
SS: You have to call 304-616-4500 to do that.
Me: I did
SS: And they gave you to me?
Me: I asked for you. You are the SC examiner right?
SS: Well, status checks should be made through the main number. So, what is your serial number?
Me: I gave it to her.
SS: You were assigned to Nancy Flanagan but she is not longer here. Let me see. Yes you have been bumped to me. You are pending since June. I'm just starting May forms. It will most likely be 4 to 6 months before you see approval.
Me: Oh. 4 to 6 months from when you received my forms?
SS: Yes that is correct. But, I'm just starting what we received beginnng the first of May.
Me: Okay. Thanks for the information. Have a good day.
SS: Goodbye
Me: I hang up. SHIT!!!
Scoby
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” –Thomas Jefferson, quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria in “On Crimes and Punishment”, 1764
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