I'm in DENYal too

[bikemutt]

Just to bring closure to this, I picked up my new SP101 3" .357 today. The paperwork from NICS directed the FFL to someone higher up than the pit crew, she proceeded me right away, a first, lol.

I thanked the gun store manager for hanging in there all this time, we shared a hug fest

Thanks for the comments and support from the thread posters here as well, it helped me to endure the pain.

Case closed!

 

[Resist Evil]

I'd like to ask what a VAF and a UPIN are?

 

[bikemutt]

I'd like to ask what a VAF and a UPIN are?

VAF = Voluntary Appeal File. You give the FBI permission to keep information about you on file so they don't have to keep digging up the same information every time. Without a VAF they must destroy everything about the transaction after some period, 24 hours I think.

UPIN = The key to your VAF. Form 4473 has a field for UPIN which if provided takes NICS directly to your VAF.

Neither is a guarantee of a Proceed response, if they discover new prohibitive information they will Deny, and they will destroy the VAF so you get to start one all over again.

The most obvious reason I can imagine for seeking a VAF is someone with a very common name who is often delayed or denied. Or someone who had a prohibitive record and has been pardoned or had the crime vacated. And of course for unlucky slobs like myself.

 

[Resist Evil]

Thank you for such a complete explanation. I am glad that you had a successful resolution to your situation.

 

[cpuckett812]

Youre lucky they straightened it out so fast. I finally wrote my Congressman at the end of my 7 month ordeal with NICS. Id advise anyone wrongfully denied to do the same. Give them something constructive to do for a change

 

[cpuckett812]

What did the lawyer end up telling ya?