shutterfly
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- Jul 8, 2010
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To start, this is my first post on this board, although I have been a reader for quite a while.
I have been a legal resident of the States for 10 years. Recently I bought a house and owning a firearm came into my plan for the purpose of home defense. So on May 11th, I went to Academy and fill out the famous form. A day later, not surprisingly, they called and told me I was denied.
The reason of the denial was that since FBI doesn't have me on file, and they have no idea who I am, whether I am legal or not. Isn't it amazing that, almost 10 years after 911, the US immigrations and FBI still don't talk to each other, and FBI has no idea on the legal status of millions aliens like me? But anyway, I prepared all the required documents and filed appeal, and sent it out right away. Then the long excruciating waiting started. After almost 2 months and at least 10 status-check phone calls, finally a lady was nice enough to tell me that my case was still "Waiting to be looked at" and the average "backlog is 150 days".....
What's that all about????? Half year? It takes a half year to get approval to buy something? How many half years does a man have in his life????
What's even more depressing, I have several friends who are just like me, but they walked out of Academy with their purchased firearm --- NICS didn't give them any trouble at all? We are all legal aliens with crystal clear history, and why some get busted some not?
I have been a legal resident of the States for 10 years. Recently I bought a house and owning a firearm came into my plan for the purpose of home defense. So on May 11th, I went to Academy and fill out the famous form. A day later, not surprisingly, they called and told me I was denied.
The reason of the denial was that since FBI doesn't have me on file, and they have no idea who I am, whether I am legal or not. Isn't it amazing that, almost 10 years after 911, the US immigrations and FBI still don't talk to each other, and FBI has no idea on the legal status of millions aliens like me? But anyway, I prepared all the required documents and filed appeal, and sent it out right away. Then the long excruciating waiting started. After almost 2 months and at least 10 status-check phone calls, finally a lady was nice enough to tell me that my case was still "Waiting to be looked at" and the average "backlog is 150 days".....
What's that all about????? Half year? It takes a half year to get approval to buy something? How many half years does a man have in his life????
What's even more depressing, I have several friends who are just like me, but they walked out of Academy with their purchased firearm --- NICS didn't give them any trouble at all? We are all legal aliens with crystal clear history, and why some get busted some not?